Chapter Summaries

Chiyo Elder and Ebizo Elder agreed to attend Uchiha Jin’s solo banquet outside Sunagakure, bringing one guard each and asking him to do the same. As Sunagakure’s civilians began rebuilding with Konoha’s help, Uchiha Jin explained to Jiraiya that his relief efforts were also meant to turn them against Sunagakure’s powerful officials, nobles, and wealthy households; he chose Tsunade to accompany him to the banquet.

• A Suna Ninja reported that Uchiha Jin had invited Chiyo Elder and Ebizo Elder to a banquet ten li outside Sunagakure.
• Chiyo Elder and Ebizo Elder agreed to attend, deciding to bring Yashamaru and Shiro and asking Uchiha Jin to bring one guard.
• Konoha Ninja helped Sunagakure’s displaced villagers clear rubble and rebuild, easing their hostility toward Konoha.
• Uchiha Jin told Jiraiya that distributing grain was meant to align the villagers’ interests against Sunagakure’s officials, nobles, and wealthy households.
• After Hizashi Hyuga reported the elders’ terms, Uchiha Jin refused Hizashi’s offer to accompany him and chose Tsunade instead.

Uchiha Jin met Chiyo Elder and Ebizo Elder outside Sunagakure to discuss peace terms, with Tsunade serving as his guard. He rejected Sunagakure’s objections to Konoha’s attacks and insisted that the defeated village must provide compensation, leaving the talks poised for a confrontation over terms.

• Uchiha Jin and Tsunade met Chiyo Elder, Ebizo Elder, Yashamaru, and Shiro on a sand dune outside Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Jin hosted Chiyo Elder and Ebizo Elder with food and wine, while Ebizo objected to Konoha’s presence in the Land of Wind.
• Chiyo Elder tried to cast doubt on Tsunade serving as Uchiha Jin’s guard, but Tsunade explained that she was protecting a Konoha Elder.
• Uchiha Jin defended Konoha’s attacks as a counterstrike for Sunagakure’s invasion and argued that the war had not ended because peace talks had not yet taken place.
• Chiyo Elder claimed Sunagakure had not rejected peace talks, while Uchiha Jin demanded compensation and declared that Konoha would take what Sunagakure refused to give.

Uchiha Jin forced Chiyo and Ebizo to accept that Sunagakure had no leverage against Konoha and announced that Konoha would dictate the terms. The chapter ended as Jin began laying out his demands, starting with Sunagakure’s unconditional surrender.

• Chiyo questioned Jin about Konoha’s invasion and plundering, and Jin accused Sunagakure of repeatedly betraying its allies.
• Chiyo urged Konoha to withdraw, but Jin said Sunagakure’s villagers wanted Konoha to lead them toward shared prosperity.
• Chiyo refused to negotiate while the Fourth Kazekage remained in Konoha’s custody, so Jin declared that Konoha would notify Sunagakure of its terms rather than negotiate.
• Jin argued that Sunagakure lacked the strength and support to resist Konoha, leaving Ebizo speechless and Chiyo asking what Konoha wanted.
• Jin began listing Konoha’s demands, declaring that Sunagakure must surrender unconditionally.

Uchiha Jin demanded Sunagakure disarm, accept Konoha troops, and let Konoha guide its leadership, while promising a joint development plan for the Land of Wind. Chiyo Elder learned the plan involved transferring water from the Land of Rain and the Land of River, and Uchiha said the Land of River had no choice but to cooperate.

• Chiyo Elder agreed that Sunagakure would surrender, and Uchiha Jin waived war reparations.
• Uchiha Jin demanded Sunagakure disarm and allow Konoha to station troops there, then revealed Konoha would take over its decision-making and provide policy guidance.
• Uchiha Jin said Konoha had planned to develop Sunagakure and the Land of Wind, and warned that Konoha was assembling a New-Type Army equipped with New Weapons.
• Uchiha Jin described the development plan as East Water West Transfer, diverting water from the Land of Rain and the Land of River to the Land of Wind.
• Chiyo Elder questioned how the plan could involve four countries, and Uchiha Jin said Konoha had reached an agreement with the Land of Rain while the Land of River had no choice.

Uchiha Jin argued that Sunagakure, Konoha, and Amegakure should gradually merge into a new political order, using the East-West Water Diversion Project to win support. He left Chiyo Elder and Tsunade stunned after implying that Konoha might remove the Land of Wind Daimyo and end the two-rulers system.

• Chiyo Elder doubted that Hanzō the Salamander would truly let Amegakure cooperate with Konoha, but Uchiha Jin explained that Akatsuki's Trio now governed Amegakure after Hanzō was badly injured fighting Shimura Danzō.
• Chiyo Elder accused Konoha of scheming to take Amegakure and Sunagakure, while Uchiha Jin described Sunagakure's proposed merger as a partnership in which its shinobi and leaders would join Konoha.
• Tsunade objected when Uchiha Jin suggested that the name Konoha might eventually disappear, and he argued that protecting people mattered more than preserving village names.
• Uchiha Jin proposed secretly advancing the merger through the East-West Water Diversion Project so shinobi from Konoha, Sunagakure, and Amegakure could cooperate and see its benefits.
• Chiyo Elder warned that the Fire and Wind Daimyo Manors would oppose the villages' merger, and Uchiha Jin revealed that the Land of Wind Daimyo Manor had been raided and hinted that the Land of Wind Daimyo could be killed next.

Konoha held an unprecedented public execution for Danzō Shimura, and Minato Namikaze explained why the village had chosen to expose his crimes. As Danzō knelt on the platform, Minato began recounting his long history with Konoha, leaving the crowd eager to hear what crimes had led to his execution.

• Konoha’s villagers and visitors gathered in the square to witness Danzō Shimura’s public execution.
• Minato Namikaze addressed the crowd and said the village had chosen a public judgment despite concerns about damaging Konoha’s reputation.
• Anbu escorted the bound Danzō Shimura onto the platform, where he knelt under Minato’s control.
• Minato introduced Danzō’s history, describing his early arrival in Konoha, service under Senju Tobirama, and contributions in two Shinobi World Wars.
• The crowd grew astonished at Danzō’s deep ties to Konoha and waited to learn what crimes had led to his execution.

Minato Namikaze publicly presented evidence of Shimura Danzō’s crimes and had him executed before an outraged crowd. Afterward, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura mourned Danzō’s death, while Hiruzen wondered why Danzō had refused the chance to survive.

• Minato Namikaze listed Shimura Danzō’s crimes and presented evidence linking him to Hatake Sakumo’s death, the Uchiha Clan’s troubles, and efforts to provoke wars.
• The crowd condemned Shimura Danzō and praised Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Jin, while discussing the failed attempt to rescue Danzō from inside Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze declared Shimura Danzō’s punishment, and an Anbu Ninja beheaded him with a Kubikiribōchō.
• The spectators cheered as the execution ended, while news of its impact spread beyond Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura mourned Shimura Danzō, and Hiruzen wondered why Danzō had refused to cooperate and possibly survive.

Uchiha Jin brought Sunagakure’s leaders’ families to Konoha as hostages after securing a preliminary agreement on the East Water West Transfer project. Minato Namikaze agreed to seek Tsunade’s help overseeing Sunagakure, then hinted that Konoha had profited greatly from Shimura Danzō.

• Uchiha Jin introduced Temari, Kankuro, Kala, and other Sunagakure families to Minato Namikaze and asked him to arrange their accommodations.
• Minato Namikaze ordered Hatake Kakashi to take the hostages to Utatane Koharu for housing.
• Uchiha Jin explained his negotiations in Sunagakure and outlined his plans for the East Water West Transfer project and control of the Land of Wind.
• Uchiha Jin told Minato Namikaze that Tsunade had seemed unwilling to support their plans, but Minato argued she might agree to oversee Sunagakure.
• Minato Namikaze offered to speak with Tsunade and then told Uchiha Jin that Konoha had made a huge profit involving Shimura Danzō.

Tsunade visited Sarutobi Hiruzen at the Ninja Academy and questioned his continued loyalty to Shimura Danzō and his resentment toward Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Jin. After Hiruzen explained that he had tried to save Danzō to regain political influence, Tsunade pointed out that Minato, as Hokage, was entitled to lead Konoha, leaving Hiruzen speechless.

• Tsunade visited Sarutobi Hiruzen in his Ninja Academy office and urged him to accept teaching as retirement.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen complained that Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Jin had blocked him from becoming a Konoha Elder and sent him to teach.
• Tsunade challenged Hiruzen for repeatedly protecting Shimura Danzō, including after Danzō had tried to kill him and caused his family's deaths.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen defended his past decisions as sacrifices for Konoha and said he had sought Danzō's help against Minato and Uchiha Jin.
• Tsunade asked why Hiruzen resisted Minato's authority as Fourth Hokage, and Hiruzen realized he had revealed his true motives.

Tsunade urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to retire peacefully and stop interfering in village affairs, while he argued that he was acting to protect Konoha. They clashed over Minato Namikaze’s leadership and the decision to attack Sunagakure, and the chapter ended with Tsunade asking whether Hiruzen knew how much spoils Konoha had brought back from the Land of Wind.

• Tsunade confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen, arguing that he clung to power despite having once been young when he became Hokage.
• Tsunade warned Hiruzen that the Uchiha intended to move against him and offered to speak on his behalf if he retired peacefully.
• Hiruzen explained that he was using the Ninja Academy principal’s office as the village’s Minister of Education, but Tsunade told him to stop meddling in outside affairs.
• Hiruzen insisted that he could not abandon Konoha’s safety and criticized Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Jin for making decisions without considering other views.
• Hiruzen warned that Konoha’s attack on Sunagakure could drive Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Kumogakure into an alliance against Konoha.
• Tsunade challenged Hiruzen’s claim that the spoils from the Land of Wind were meager, and Hiruzen asked how much Konoha had brought back.

Nara Shikaku tallied the expedition’s enormous haul from the Land of Wind, and Uchiha Jin ordered the money kept apart from the Finance Department for an undisclosed joint project with Sunagakure and Amegakure. Minato Namikaze then asked Shikaku if he could be trusted with the secret.

• Nara Shikaku reported that the operation had seized goods worth about twenty-seven billion taels, much of it from the Land of Wind Daimyo Manor.
• Minato Namikaze and Nara Shikaku discussed how plunder could profit villages, while Uchiha Jin argued that Konoha’s operation was less risky and more effective than Kumogakure’s raids.
• Minato Namikaze warned that Konoha could not immediately sell the nobles’ jewelry without exposing its role in the theft.
• Uchiha Jin told Nara Shikaku to keep the haul separate from the Finance Department because gold, silver, and minerals could be manipulated and the funds were needed for a major project.
• Nara Shikaku questioned how Sunagakure and Amegakure could join Konoha in the project after Sunagakure’s losses, and Minato Namikaze asked whether Shikaku could be trusted.

Tsunade told Sarutobi Hiruzen about Uchiha Jin’s massive gains and the proposed water-diversion project, while concealing his larger ambitions. Their discussion revealed that neither would yield in the struggle over Konoha, and Tsunade left planning to stay out of both factions’ conflict.

• Tsunade reported that Uchiha had brought back resources worth more than two hundred billion from Sunagakure, and Sarutobi Hiruzen asked how Uchiha Jin had reached an agreement with Sunagakure’s leaders.
• Tsunade described Uchiha Jin’s plan for Konoha, Sunagakure, and Amegakure to divert water into the Land of Wind, claiming Konoha would profit from the resulting ninja missions.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen argued that Uchiha Jin and Minato Namikaze’s policies would make Konoha the enemy of the Ninja World, while Tsunade questioned whether they might unify it instead.
• Tsunade realized that her thoughts still seemed influenced by Uchiha Jin’s Izanami, then asked Sarutobi Hiruzen whether he would reconsider his position.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen urged Tsunade to become Fifth Hokage, but she refused and said she would ask Minato Namikaze for a mission that would take her away from the village.

Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Jin pressed Nara Shikaku to clarify whether the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Clans would support him or Sarutobi Hiruzen amid the dispute over who led Konoha. Shikaku reaffirmed that his clans would stand with the village, leaving Minato with their support so long as he did the same.

• Minato Namikaze asked Nara Shikaku whether he could be trusted, and Uchiha Jin warned that Sarutobi Hiruzen’s continued influence made the village appear to have two Hokage.
• Minato reminded Shikaku that the Sarutobi Clan had helped unite the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Clans and that Hiruzen had witnessed their generation’s Earring Oath.
• Uchiha Jin argued that Shikaku had to put Konoha’s interests above personal ties to Hiruzen, who had once led the clans but had stepped down as Hokage.
• Nara Shikaku admitted that the Earring Oath and the clans’ support for the Hokage Faction had influenced them, but said they had opposed Hiruzen after he harmed the village’s interests.
• Nara Shikaku told Minato Namikaze that the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Clans would always stand on the village’s side and that Minato could trust them if he did the same.

Ōnoki learned that Konoha Village had raided Sunagakure and plundered resources worth over twenty billion ryo, then considered how Iwagakure should respond to Konoha’s pressure. The chapter ended with him deciding to negotiate with Kumogakure.

• Ōnoki received the belated report that Konoha Village had attacked Sunagakure and reprimanded Iwagakure’s intelligence personnel for missing it.
• An Iwagakure Anbu Ninja reported that Konoha Village had raided Sunagakure after its peace terms were rejected and taken resources worth more than twenty billion ryo.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to strengthen its border defenses and reasoned that Konoha Village had attacked Sunagakure to intimidate other villages.
• Ōnoki recalled Iwagakure’s losses at the Kikyo Mountain Battle and Konoha Village’s envoy awaiting an answer, then decided to speak with Kumogakure.

In Kumogakure, Darui warned Fourth Raikage A that Konoha’s victory over Sunagakure had changed the balance of power and left Kumogakure vulnerable because Konoha held its people hostage. A considered Darui’s proposal to seek peace talks with Konoha to limit the losses ahead.

• A smashed his desk in anger after learning Konoha had seized resources worth more than two hundred billion ryo from Sunagakure.
• Darui explained that Kumogakure could not have replicated Konoha’s surprise attack because the Land of Lightning had no land route to the Land of Wind.
• Darui argued that Konoha’s victory at Kikyo Mountain and its attack on Sunagakure showed it was acting from a position of strength.
• A suggested Kumogakure could join Iwagakure and Kirigakure against Konoha, but Darui reminded him that Killer B, Dodai, Samui, and others were held in Konoha.
• Darui said Kirigakure was occupied by internal turmoil and that Iwagakure alone might not defeat Konoha, then urged A to seek peace talks to reduce Kumogakure’s losses.

After the Third Shinobi World War ended, Konoha’s leaders gathered to plan peace talks with Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure. Uchiha Jin explained that Sunagakure had fully submitted to Konoha, while the village’s other leaders learned about the deal for the first time.

• Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure admitted defeat and sent peace delegations to Konoha, while Kirigakure isolated itself from the outside world.
• Minato Namikaze asked Konoha’s leaders to decide the order and strategy for the peace negotiations.
• Mitokado Homura questioned Minato Namikaze about the Sunagakure hostages, seized resources, and proposed joint project, complaining that he and Utatane Koharu had been left uninformed.
• Uchiha Jin and Hyuga Hiashi said they had also been busy and unaware of the details, and Minato Namikaze asked Uchiha Jin to explain the Sunagakure matter.
• Uchiha Jin said Sunagakure’s peace document was mainly a formality and declared that Sunagakure had become Konoha’s subordinate ninja village.

Uchiha Jin explained to Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu how Konoha had forced Sunagakure into submission and planned to conceal its new status through a cooperative water project. The chapter ended with the elders realizing that the plan could gradually bring Sunagakure under Konoha’s control.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu rejected Uchiha Jin’s claim that Sunagakure would become Konoha’s affiliated hidden village.
• Uchiha Jin said he had captured Fourth Kazekage Rasa and won Sunagakure civilians over with benefits, leaving Sunagakure with little choice but to compromise.
• Uchiha Jin listed the agreements: Sunagakure would disarm, allow Konoha to station troops in the Land of Wind, and accept Konoha-appointed elders with guidance and veto powers.
• Minato Namikaze said Tsunade had agreed to serve as Konoha’s representative in Sunagakure after negotiations with the other villages concluded.
• Uchiha Jin said the agreement would be presented publicly as a partnership for the East Water West Transfer project, which would employ Sunagakure’s ninja as laborers.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu realized Uchiha Jin intended to make Sunagakure gradually accept Konoha’s guidance.

Uchiha and Konoha’s leaders discussed how to negotiate with Iwagakure, with Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu warning that Ōnoki of Iwagakure was too experienced for ordinary pressure tactics. They debated compensation and concluded that securing Iwagakure’s acknowledgment of defeat could bring Konoha valuable mission commissions, while negotiations remained ahead.

• Uchiha redirected the discussion toward negotiations with Iwagakure and Kumogakure, and Nara Shikaku said Konoha could use its custody of Killer B and Dodai to gain leverage over Kumogakure.
• Minato Namikaze proposed negotiating with Kumogakure and Sunagakure first to pressure Iwagakure, but Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu warned that Ōnoki of Iwagakure would see through the tactic.
• Utatane Koharu recounted Ōnoki’s long experience and his reputation as “Both Scales,” and Mitokado Homura advised deciding what Konoha wanted before negotiating.
• Minato Namikaze demanded Iwagakure’s unconditional surrender and recognition as the defeated nation, while Uchiha proposed demanding resources worth four or five billion liang.
• Mitokado Homura argued that Iwagakure could not pay that amount and proposed resources worth five hundred million taels instead; Utatane Koharu said recognition of defeat could redirect mission commissions from Iwagakure to Konoha.

Minato Namikaze and the elders decided to negotiate with Iwagakure and Kumogakure, with Uchiha demanding a billion taels from Kumogakure. The meeting then turned to the more than two hundred billion taels seized from the Land of Wind, as Utatane Koharu asked Minato to transfer the supplies to the Finance Department.

• Uchiha proposed that Kumogakure return the five hundred million taels it owed and pay another five hundred million in war reparations, despite Mitokado Homura warning that the demand could provoke another conflict.
• Uchiha took charge of negotiations with Kumogakure, while Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu were assigned to negotiate with Iwagakure.
• Minato Namikaze agreed to handle the Iwagakure and Kumogakure negotiations simultaneously and set aside Sunagakure's matter for now.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu accused Nara Shikaku of refusing the Finance Department's requests for the seized supplies, and Nara Shikaku said the requests lacked proper paperwork.
• Minato Namikaze said the Finance Department needed his signature to requisition the supplies, and Utatane Koharu then formally requested that they be transferred to her department.

Uchiha Jin blocked Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu from taking control of the war spoils by claiming the cash had been allocated to the East Water West Transfer project. Minato Namikaze backed him and proposed a vote, leaving the two Elders unable to challenge their plan.

• Uchiha Jin argued that the Finance Department should not take charge of the war supplies because they were mostly goods rather than cash.
• Utatane Koharu pressed for the more than five billion ryo in cash to be handed to the Finance Department, but Uchiha Jin said it had already been spent.
• Uchiha Jin clarified that the money had been designated for the East Water West Transfer project to turn Sunagakure's weapons into tools and reduce threats to Konoha.
• Uchiha Jin argued that Konoha should lead and control the project, while Sunagakure and Amegakure would contribute funds as it progressed.
• Minato Namikaze supported Uchiha Jin and said the matter should be decided by a vote, prompting Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to fall silent.