Chapter Summaries

Tobirama Senju sought Uchiha Makoto’s financial help to fund Konoha’s reforms, while Uchiha Makoto proposed borrowing through bonds and used the negotiations to pursue Akatsuki Ninja Village’s financial influence over Konoha. The chapter ended with Uchiha Makoto setting conditions for a loan that left Tobirama Senju uneasy.

• Tobirama Senju asked Uchiha Makoto to provide substantial funding so he could push Konoha’s internal reforms against opposition from the Uchiha Clan and other groups.
• Uchiha Makoto suggested that Konoha issue bonds, but Tobirama Senju said the village’s opponents would block the plan and Hashirama Senju would not force it through.
• Tobirama Senju proposed that Akatsuki Ninja Village issue bonds and lend the proceeds to Konoha, and Uchiha Makoto considered the idea workable.
• Uchiha Makoto reflected on how Konoha had begun absorbing Akatsuki Ninja Village’s currency and saw the loan as a chance to expand its financial influence.
• Uchiha Makoto offered to negotiate the loan if Akatsuki Ninja Village could open a bank branch in Konoha, have its currency used for all local trade, and maintain free trade between the villages.
• Tobirama Senju did not understand the full implications of Uchiha Makoto’s conditions but suspected he was being deceived again.

Uchiha Makoto negotiated a loan with Tobirama Senju, securing Akatsuki Ninja Village currency for the loan and the right to choose three techniques from the Scroll of Seals. They also planned to use returning students and paid media to build support for Tobirama’s Konoha Reform Proposal, leaving Tobirama more confident in Makoto’s backing.

• Tobirama Senju rejected Makoto’s demand that all trade in Konoha use Akatsuki Ninja Village currency, but accepted the compromise that Konoha’s loans from the village would use it.
• Makoto demanded access to the Scroll of Seals, and Tobirama reluctantly agreed to let him choose three ninjutsu under Tobirama’s supervision.
• Makoto privately considered obtaining the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, but decided to wait until Tobirama revealed that he had developed it.
• Makoto and Tobirama discussed countering the Uchiha Clan and promoting Tobirama’s Konoha Reform Proposal through returning students and paid media.

Uchiha Makoto and Tobirama Senju finalized their cooperation, then Uchiha Makoto gathered Konoha’s students at the Akatsuki Ninja Village’s academy and assessed their willingness to stay. He prepared to give them another ideological lesson and turn them into Konoha Public Intellectuals.

• Uchiha Makoto and Tobirama Senju agreed on their cooperation and established a secret long-distance communication method.
• Uchiha Makoto teased Tobirama Senju about becoming Hokage, prompting Tobirama Senju to accuse him of trying to bargain for Konoha’s interests; they argued over who would pay for breakfast.
• Uchiha Makoto returned to the Akatsuki Ninja Village and gathered the Konoha students at the Ninja Academy, where they greeted him enthusiastically.
• Uchiha Makoto asked whether the students missed Konoha and observed that many from minor clans wanted to remain, while Hyuga Branch Family students feared returning to their clan’s restrictions.
• Uchiha Makoto planned how to win over students from different clans and prepared to give them another ideological lesson.

Uchiha Makoto urged Konoha students returning from Akatsuki Ninja Village to organize and change Konoha, while positioning himself as their honorary leader and benefactor. The students formed the One Heart Association, pledging loyalty to Konoha and one another.

• Uchiha Makoto told the students that Konoha's higher-ups had invited them to return and share Akatsuki Ninja Village's governing principles at public lectures.
• The students said they wanted Konoha to change, and Uchiha Makoto encouraged them to speak openly and challenge those obstructing reform.
• Uchiha Makoto told the students to identify their enemies, unite with like-minded people, form an organization, and secure funding.
• After the students asked him to lead them, Uchiha Makoto agreed to serve as honorary leader, offer guidance, and fund their activities while they chose their own leader.
• Uchiha Makoto warned that betrayal could be punished by death, and the students vowed not to withdraw.
• At Uchiha Makoto's suggestion, the students named their organization the One Heart Association and shouted their loyalty.

Uchiha Makoto prepared young Uchiha to gain influence in the clan while the Uchiha Clan built support in Konoha against Tobirama Senju. After returning from capturing the Seven-Tails, Uchiha Madara discovered growing hostility from the Senju and confronted his Clan Elders, who urged him to replace Tobirama as Hokage.

• Uchiha Makoto chose an Uchiha leader for the Konoha Unity Association and secretly strengthened young Uchiha with the Will of Light.
• Uchiha Makoto sent the students back to Konoha, where the Uchiha Clan promoted their return and stirred speculation about a move against Tobirama Senju.
• Konoha’s clans worried over whether to side with the Uchiha or Senju, while both clans pressured the Hyuga Clan to choose.
• Uchiha Madara returned after capturing the Seven-Tails and found Senju clansmen avoiding him, then learned from Mito Uzumaki that Hashirama Senju had gone to capture the Eight-Tails.
• Uchiha Madara questioned his Clan Elders, who blamed Tobirama Senju for Konoha’s stagnation and urged Madara to become the Second.
• Uchiha Madara doubted that the Clan Elders could govern Konoha better than Tobirama Senju.

Uchiha Madara questioned whether Konoha had fulfilled its purpose of ending the Uchiha-Senju hatred as the Uchiha Elders urged him to become the Second Hokage. He left for Naka Shrine, while the Elders misread his reluctance and planned to force him into office after driving Tobirama Senju out.

• The Uchiha Elders argued that Tobirama Senju had lost the ability to lead Konoha and urged Uchiha Madara to ask Hashirama Senju to make him the Second Hokage.
• Uchiha Madara reflected that Konoha had only hidden the Uchiha-Senju conflict and wondered whether its founding ideals had failed.
• Uchiha Madara dismissed the Elders and left the Meeting Room for Naka Shrine, questioning what Konoha meant if the past was destined to repeat.
• The Uchiha Great Elder convinced the others that Uchiha Madara secretly wanted to become Hokage but could not say so openly.
• The Great Elder proposed driving Tobirama Senju from the Hokage's Office, then forcing the Hokage Imperial Robe onto Uchiha Madara during a vote.

Konoha’s returning exchange students drew the Uchiha Clan into a public campaign praising Akatsuki Ninja Village and challenging Tobirama Senju. Tobirama’s loyal disciples debated whether he should attend the lecture, and he decided to go, ending by warning them that he would never let the Uchiha Clan or Akatsuki Ninja Village prevail.

• The returning exchange students found Konoha unchanged and lifeless compared with Akatsuki Ninja Village, drawing notice from the Uchiha Clan and other ninja clans.
• The Uchiha Clan announced a public lecture about Akatsuki Ninja Village, gave Senju Clan students priority to speak, and invited Tobirama Senju to attend.
• Konoha’s clans and villagers speculated about whether Tobirama Senju would accept the invitation, while his supporters gathered in the Hokage’s Office.
• Shimura Danzō urged Tobirama Senju to refuse the invitation, but Hiruzen Sarutobi argued that he should attend to prevent the Uchiha Clan from controlling the public narrative.
• Tobirama Senju chose to attend and told his confidants that the Uchiha Clan threatened Konoha and that he would never let Akatsuki Ninja Village succeed.

Tobirama Senju agreed to attend the Uchiha Clan’s Public Lecture and ordered his allies to join him, confident that Uchiha Makoto was secretly helping him. The Uchiha Clan Elders celebrated the news and set out to recruit Uchiha Madara to watch the event and support their plans for his public rise.

• Tobirama Senju vented his anger at the Uchiha Clan, then announced he would attend its Public Lecture and ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, and their clansmen to go as well.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō assumed Tobirama Senju had Hashirama Senju’s support, but Tobirama denied needing his brother and privately trusted that Uchiha Makoto was working behind the scenes for him.
• Setsuna Uchiha told the Clan Elders that the Senju students and Tobirama Senju had agreed to attend the Public Lecture, surprising them with Tobirama’s decision.
• The Uchiha Clan Elders predicted that the lecture would damage Tobirama Senju’s reputation and discussed the risk of Hashirama Senju intervening.
• The Grand Elder decided to visit Uchiha Madara at Naka Shrine so Madara could witness the event and become more familiar to Konoha’s villagers and shinobi.

Uchiha Madara studied the stone tablet and decided that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was the only way to achieve lasting peace, while suspecting Uchiha Makoto had secretly prepared for the same plan. The Uchiha Clan Elders invited him to a Public Lecture featuring Tobirama Senju, and Madara agreed to attend.

• Uchiha Madara reconsidered the tablet’s records and concluded that awakening the Rinnegan required combining the powers of the Uchiha and Senju Clan.
• Uchiha Madara recalled Uchiha Makoto’s plans for a marriage between their families and for gathering the Nine Tailed Beasts, then suspected that Makoto had secretly prepared a backup plan for the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Uchiha Madara resolved to find a way to obtain Hashirama Senju’s power himself and continued searching the stone tablet for clues.
• The Uchiha Clan Elders visited Naka Shrine and told Uchiha Madara that Tobirama Senju would attend the clan’s Public Lecture the next day.
• Uchiha Madara agreed to attend the Public Lecture because he expected Tobirama Senju to be embarrassed in public.

At the Uchiha Clan’s Public Lecture, Senju Clan members described Akatsuki Ninja Village’s prosperity and its shinobi’s and citizens’ improved lives, leaving Konoha’s audience yearning to leave. Tobirama Senju realized the revelations had undermined Konoha’s unity, while the Uchiha Elders celebrated their attack on his leadership.

• The Uchiha Great Elder opened the Public Lecture and introduced the Senju Clan members who had returned from Akatsuki Ninja Village, while Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Madara watched from below the stage.
• A Senju Clan member described Akatsuki Ninja Village’s factories, better shinobi incomes, medical support, and the promise of ordinary workers’ families living comfortably.
• The other Senju speakers compared the villages’ education, welfare, and living standards, prompting Konoha’s shinobi and villagers to wonder whether they could leave for Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• The Uchiha Elders celebrated Uchiha Makoto’s achievements, while Uchiha Madara privately feared that human nature would eventually destroy the village’s prosperity.
• Tobirama Senju blamed the Uchiha Clan for exposing information he had concealed and saw that Konoha’s shinobi were already thinking of fleeing.

At the Uchiha-organized forum, young Uchiha publicly supported Konoha reforms, overturning the clan elders’ plans and giving Tobirama Senju an opening to seize the initiative. Tobirama apologized on behalf of Konoha’s leadership, called for sweeping change, and claimed credit for successful reforms.

• The Uchiha clan members argued that ninjas should take roles beyond missions, leaving the clan elders unable to stop their speeches without exposing their own hypocrisy.
• Tobirama Senju applauded the Uchiha speakers and used their support to undermine the elders’ attempt to rally Konoha’s clans against his reform plan.
• Tobirama Senju went to the podium, praised the Uchiha’s awareness, and apologized to villagers and ninjas on behalf of Konoha’s leadership.
• Tobirama Senju called for sweeping reforms and cited projects such as the Canned Food Factory and agricultural initiatives as evidence of his efforts.
• Tobirama Senju shifted responsibility for Konoha’s stagnation onto the leadership collectively while taking personal credit for its successful projects.

Tobirama Senju turned the Uchiha Clan’s Public Lecture into a successful speech for Konoha reform, gaining support and recruiting students who had studied in the Akatsuki Ninja Village. The Uchiha Clan Elders prepared to punish their young clan members, unaware that Uchiha Madara was watching and had decided to punish them himself.

• Tobirama Senju delivered a speech promising to reform Konoha, and the crowd’s cheers helped restore his prestige.
• Konoha villagers and ninjas surrounded Tobirama Senju, while the Uchiha Great Elder and Uchiha Clan Elders realized their Public Lecture had benefited him instead.
• The Uchiha Clan Elders blamed the returning students for speaking in support of Tobirama Senju’s reforms, while the students feared the elders were obstructing Konoha’s progress.
• Tobirama Senju invited the students to join Konoha’s Anbu, and most accepted his offer while the Uchiha students said they would consider it.
• The Uchiha Clan Elders prepared a heavy strike against the young Uchiha, and Uchiha Madara watched them coldly, furious that their event had turned into Tobirama Senju’s triumph.

After Tobirama Senju embarrassed the Uchiha Clan at its Public Lecture, Uchiha Madara confronted the Clan Elders and reconsidered the clan’s future in Konoha. He resolved that joining Akatsuki Ninja Village might be the best course, but struggled with the shame of admitting Uchiha Makoto’s old warning had been right.

• Tobirama Senju mocked Uchiha Madara after turning the Uchiha Clan’s Public Lecture against its organizers.
• The Clan Elder and the Uchiha Clan Elders turned to face Uchiha Madara, who condemned them for disgracing the clan and left.
• Uchiha Madara went to Naka Shrine and concluded that the Uchiha Clan could not manage Konoha or withstand Tobirama Senju.
• Uchiha Madara considered leading the Uchiha Clan out of Konoha and into Akatsuki Ninja Village, which Uchiha Makoto had founded.
• Uchiha Madara remembered Uchiha Makoto’s warning against joining the Senju Clan in Konoha and admitted that Makoto had foreseen the conflict.

Uchiha Madara struggled with whether to take the Uchiha Clan out of Konoha, while Uchiha Makoto worked to secure the cooperation of other Tailed Beasts and reviewed Akatsuki Ninja Village’s bond plan. The chapter ended when an Anbu ninja brought Makoto a letter from the Uchiha Clan.

• Uchiha Madara considered removing the Uchiha Clan from Konoha but had not consulted his clan members or Uchiha Makoto.
• Uchiha Makoto asked Two-Tails Matatabi to persuade the Seven-Tails or Eight-Tails to provide chakra willingly if one joined Akatsuki Ninja Village, and Matatabi agreed after a massage.
• Uchiha Makoto reviewed strong interest in Akatsuki Ninja Village’s bonds from local clans, nobles, merchants, and ministers, and decided not to reject their investment.
• An Anbu ninja brought Uchiha Makoto a letter from the Uchiha Clan, and Makoto wondered whether Senju Tobirama had finally sent news.

Uchiha Makoto decided to replace the Uchiha Clan Elders after their failure at the Public Lecture, while preparing for Tsubaki Shizuku to give birth. He later told Tobirama Senju that he had agreed to the clan’s request for more aid, angering Tobirama and leaving their rivalry unresolved.

• Uchiha Makoto read the Uchiha Clan Elders’ letter and decided to replace them with Uchiha who supported the Akatsuki Ninja Village’s interests.
• Uchiha Makoto offered the clan some additional aid on the condition that it send more young members to study at the Akatsuki Ninja Village and promote his allies into key positions.
• Uchiha Makoto returned home early and joined Tsubaki Shizuku and Two-Tails Matatabi, placing his hand on Tsubaki Shizuku’s belly as he anticipated their child’s birth.
• Tobirama Senju contacted Uchiha Makoto, and they exchanged insults before discussing the Public Lecture and the Uchiha Clan’s request for aid.
• Uchiha Makoto claimed he had agreed to aid the Uchiha Clan, and Tobirama Senju angrily warned that Makoto would regret it.

Tobirama and Uchiha Makoto discussed a loan from Akatsuki Ninja Village to support Konoha’s reforms, while Makoto pressed Tobirama to uncover who was secretly advising the Uchiha Clan. Unable to identify the culprit, they agreed to target members of the Grand Elder’s family to force a reaction, leaving Tobirama reluctantly committed to Makoto’s plan.

• Tobirama told Uchiha Makoto that Konoha’s clan leaders were becoming more open to reform after the Uchiha Clan’s public lecture and Hashirama Senju’s visits.
• Uchiha Makoto said Akatsuki Ninja Village would issue bonds and lend Konoha money, but the preparations meant the loan could not arrive until next year.
• Uchiha Makoto asked Tobirama who was secretly advising the Uchiha Clan, and Tobirama said Anbu had found few clues and no concrete evidence.
• Uchiha Makoto considered the Daimyo and the Grand Elder as possible suspects, but Tobirama warned that killing either would cause a major political crisis.
• Uchiha Makoto proposed killing selected members of the Grand Elder’s family to provoke him into revealing the person behind the Uchiha Clan’s actions.
• Tobirama reluctantly accepted Makoto’s plan, telling himself that he was doing it for Konoha.

Uchiha Makoto persuaded Tobirama Senju to proceed with an assassination attempt on the Land of Fire Grand Elder, while proposing ways to hide their involvement and profit from the ensuing crackdown on bandits. He learned that Uchiha Madara had left Konoha alone to seek the Nine-Tails, then changed the subject to Tsunade and her betrothal to Makoto’s unborn son.

• Tobirama Senju demanded a plan for handling the fallout from attacking the Grand Elder, and Uchiha Makoto proposed using trusted elites, leaving no evidence, and blaming rogue ninja.
• Uchiha Makoto suggested a joint campaign against bandits and argued with Tobirama Senju over how to split the nobles’ payments; they settled on an even division.
• Uchiha Makoto asked what Uchiha Madara had been doing, and Tobirama Senju said Madara had left Konoha alone to capture the Nine-Tails.
• Uchiha Makoto confirmed that the Uchiha Clan had made no move to leave Konoha and that Hashirama Senju had not visited Naka Shrine with Madara.
• Uchiha Makoto asked after Tsunade, diverting Tobirama Senju from questioning him further about Madara and renewing Tobirama’s resolve to break the unborn children’s betrothal.

Tobirama Senju recruited Shimura Danzō to lead a covert mission to assassinate the Land of Fire Elder and his family, persuading him by stoking his rivalry with Hiruzen Sarutobi. As the preparations continued, Uchiha Makoto anxiously waited for Tsubaki Uzumaki to give birth.

• Tobirama Senju failed to persuade Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki to reconsider Tsunade's arranged marriage to Uchiha Makoto's son.
• Uchiha Makoto ended his argument with Tobirama Senju and ordered him to prepare a team to assassinate the Land of Fire Elder.
• Tobirama Senju summoned Shimura Danzō and told him he had been chosen over Hiruzen Sarutobi to lead a dangerous mission.
• After learning that the mission targeted the Land of Fire Elder's entire family, Shimura Danzō hesitated, but Tobirama Senju framed it as necessary to protect Konoha and offered Hiruzen Sarutobi as an alternative.
• Shimura Danzō accepted the mission to prove himself more capable than Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Tobirama Senju encouraged him.
• Uchiha Makoto paced anxiously as Tsubaki Uzumaki neared childbirth.

Uchiha Makoto welcomed his son, named him Uchiha Taiichi, and announced plans for a full-month celebration. In Konoha, Tobirama Senju rebuked Hashirama Senju over his handling of the Internal Reform Plan, while the families discussed publicly announcing a marriage alliance between their clans.

• Uchiha Makoto and Tsubaki Uzumaki chose the name Uchiha Taiichi for their newborn son, and Makoto planned to raise him as the village’s next Lord Shadow.
• Uchiha Makoto returned to the Shadow Building, announced that mother and child were safe, and invited the senior officials to a full-month banquet.
• Tobirama Senju scolded Hashirama Senju for being too conciliatory toward Konoha’s Conservative Faction and nearly jeopardizing the Internal Reform Plan.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju visited newborn Tsunade, and Hashirama lamented that Uchiha Madara was away capturing the Nine-Tails.
• After hearing that Uchiha Taiichi had been born, Mito Uzumaki proposed announcing a marriage alliance between Makoto’s family and Hashirama’s family at the children’s full-month celebration, leaving Tobirama displeased.

Uchiha Makoto took Tsubaki Uzumaki through a prosperous Akatsuki Ninja Village as he considered the village’s need to recruit more workers and ninja. In the Land of Fire, the Feudal Lord worried about Akatsuki Ninja Village’s growing power, while the Land of Fire Elder described plans to exploit the Uchiha Clan’s rivalry with the Senju Clan and destabilize Konoha.

• Uchiha Makoto and Tsubaki Uzumaki walked through Akatsuki Ninja Village’s crowded New Year streets, where Tsubaki admired how much the village had changed.
• Uchiha Makoto considered the village’s growing need for skilled workers and technically gifted ninja, and planned to recruit from beyond the Land of Fire.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire worried that Akatsuki Ninja Village was expanding into commerce, issuing its own currency, and attracting investments from nobles and officials.
• The Land of Fire Elder told the Feudal Lord that the Uchiha Clan remained determined to defeat the Senju Clan despite its recent public humiliation.
• The Land of Fire Elder proposed using a suitable excuse and opportunity to provoke the Uchiha Clan into conflict with Tobirama Senju, potentially drawing Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju into a fight.