Chapter Summaries

Makoto confronted Tobirama over Madara’s death and demanded that the Akatsuki Ninja Village take Madara’s body, while weighing the risks of attacking Konoha. Hashirama stopped Tobirama from resisting and, consumed by grief, apologized to Madara as the body was sealed away.

• Makoto mocked Tobirama, accused him of driving Madara from Konoha, and challenged him to start a war if he objected.
• Makoto considered killing Tobirama and the weakened Hashirama but decided the risks of Tobirama’s escape and a wider war were too great.
• Makoto demanded Madara’s body, and Tobirama struggled to choose between surrendering it and fighting the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• Hashirama told Tobirama to let Makoto take Madara’s body and admitted that Konoha had wronged Madara.
• Tobirama protested, while Hashirama mourned Madara and regretted failing to protect their friendship and prevent his death.

After Uchiha Makoto publicly humiliated Tobirama Senju and retrieved Uchiha Madara’s body, Tobirama took charge of Konoha’s emergency response while Makoto secured the corpse and prepared Akatsuki Ninja Village for the fallout. Makoto anticipated that Tobirama would contest the public narrative, so he moved to protect his village’s position.

• Uchiha Makoto rebuked Tobirama Senju, reclaimed Uchiha Madara’s sealed corpse, and led the Akatsuki Ninja Village elites away from Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju resolved to push his critically wounded brother, Hashirama Senju, to step down and ordered Konoha’s highest alert.
• Uchiha Makoto placed Uchiha Madara’s corpse in a sealed, temperature-controlled chamber and set warning seals to detect his revival.
• Uchiha Makoto ordered stronger defenses for Akatsuki Ninja Village, wary of Konoha’s moves as well as foreign spies.
• Uchiha Makoto recognized that Tobirama Senju could fight him through public opinion even if Konoha could not risk open war.

Uchiha Makoto and Tobirama Senju raced to shape public opinion after Uchiha Madara’s attack, while Tobirama tightened surveillance on the Uchiha Clan. At Hashirama Senju’s bedside, Mito Uzumaki revealed that a mysterious Chakra was draining his remaining life and could hasten his death.

• Uchiha Makoto ordered his intelligence chiefs to spread a story portraying Uchiha Madara as a victim of Tobirama Senju’s schemes.
• Tobirama Senju ordered an official announcement branding Uchiha Madara a terrorist and enemy of Konoha, then increased surveillance of the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Tobirama Senju visited Hashirama Senju and learned from Mito Uzumaki that Hashirama might have only a few years left after using his healing ability.
• Mito Uzumaki sensed a mysterious Chakra inside Hashirama Senju that was forcing his cells to divide and burning through his remaining lifespan.

Tobirama Senju learned that Hashirama Senju’s life was being drained by strange Chakra, and Mito Uzumaki could not yet seal it. To prepare for Hashirama’s possible death and Konoha’s threats, Tobirama decided to accelerate human experiments with Hashirama Cells.

• Mito Uzumaki told Tobirama Senju that her sealing techniques could not separate or suppress the strange Chakra draining Hashirama Senju’s lifespan.
• Tobirama Senju promised Mito Uzumaki any materials or living sacrifices she needed, then left to prepare for the possibility that Hashirama would die.
• Tobirama Senju returned to his Root laboratory and resolved to use human subjects to speed up his Hashirama Cells experiments.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Root Anbu to bring captured enemy spies and condemned criminals to the laboratory and to intensify the capture of rogue and deserter ninja.

News of Uchiha Madara’s attack and battle with Hashirama Senju ignited a propaganda war between Konoha and Akatsuki Ninja Village, delighting rival villages and the Land of Fire’s Daimyo. The Uchiha Clan remained unaware of the turmoil until the Uchiha Great Elder contacted Uchiha Makoto again.

• Tobirama Senju used Konoha’s official statement to condemn Uchiha Madara, while Uchiha Makoto’s Akatsuki Ninja Village spread a competing account portraying Madara as a persecuted hero.
• The Second Raikage celebrated the growing rift between Konoha and Akatsuki Ninja Village as an opportunity for Kumogakure to strengthen itself.
• Iwagakure stayed silent, while Sunagakure and Kirigakure focused on their own crises and Kirigakure’s investigation of the Tailed Beast Bomb’s devastation.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire ordered newspapers funded to inflame the dispute and sought information about Hashirama Senju’s injuries.
• The Uchiha Clan remained shut inside its grounds until the Uchiha Great Elder contacted Uchiha Makoto again.

The Uchiha Clan feared that Konoha would punish them after the Nine-Tails’ rampage, while Uchiha Great Elder tried to keep the clan from acting rashly. Uchiha Makoto ignored their calls so he could use their crisis to bring the clan fully under his control.

• Uchiha higher-ups complained that Konoha ninja had surrounded the clan compound and regretted not seizing power during the Nine-Tails’ rampage.
• Uchiha Great Elder argued that Tobirama Senju would have used an Uchiha uprising as an excuse to destroy the clan, and urged everyone to stay calm.
• An elder asked whether Uchiha Makoto had responded to their remote communications, and Uchiha Great Elder said that none of his calls had been answered.
• Uchiha Makoto had received the calls but deliberately left the clan waiting, intending to make the Uchiha depend on him and serve him fully.

The Uchiha Great Elder contacted Uchiha Makoto to learn what had happened after the Nine-Tails attack. After Makoto revealed that Hashirama Senju had killed Uchiha Madara, the Uchiha elders feared Tobirama Senju would purge the clan and asked whether Akatsuki Ninja Village would shelter them.

• The Uchiha Great Elder successfully reached Uchiha Makoto through a communication device and asked about the clan’s isolation and the Nine-Tails attack.
• Uchiha Makoto confirmed that Uchiha Madara had controlled the Nine-Tails and that Hashirama Senju had killed him.
• The Uchiha elders panicked, believing Tobirama Senju would use Madara’s actions as an excuse to destroy the Uchiha Clan.
• The Uchiha Great Elder asked Uchiha Makoto whether Akatsuki Ninja Village could take in the clan.
• The Uchiha elders rallied around the prospect of relocating to Akatsuki Ninja Village and declared their support to Uchiha Makoto.

Uchiha Makoto persuaded the Uchiha elders not to flee Konoha, arguing that leaving would let Tobirama Senju brand them traitors and seize their clan’s assets. He promised to reveal a plan to restore the Uchiha Clan’s standing while they remained in Konoha.

• Uchiha Makoto considered why he could not accept the entire Uchiha Clan into Akatsuki Ninja Village, citing political costs and the risk of the clan demanding special privileges.
• Uchiha Makoto told the Uchiha elders that Akatsuki Ninja Village was spreading an alternative account of Uchiha Madara’s actions and that Tobirama Senju could not safely attack the clan yet.
• The Uchiha Great Elder warned that the clan would remain vulnerable to Tobirama Senju once Hashirama Senju recovered or left the Hokage position.
• Uchiha Makoto argued that fleeing Konoha would let Tobirama Senju present the Uchiha as guilty traitors and drive them out with their property and dignity lost.
• The Uchiha elders grew angry at the Senju Clan and rejected the idea of leaving Konoha, while Uchiha Makoto welcomed their decision and promised a plan to restore the clan.

Uchiha Makoto told the Uchiha leaders to stay in Konoha, use Hashirama Senju’s guilt to restrain Tobirama Senju, and secretly help Akatsuki Ninja Village prepare to annex Konoha. The Uchiha leaders largely backed his ambition, but the Uchiha Great Elder warned that annexation could spark a devastating war.

• Uchiha Makoto explained that the clan should deny Uchiha Madara had defected, blame Tobirama Senju for driving him away, and rely on Hashirama Senju to restrain Tobirama.
• Uchiha Makoto urged the clan to remain in Konoha, quietly support Akatsuki Ninja Village, and help it win over other ninja clans until Tobirama Senju died.
• Uchiha Makoto revealed that Akatsuki Ninja Village would annex Konoha, and the Uchiha higher-ups began considering the plan in terms of the clan’s interests.
• Several hawkish Uchiha leaders endorsed Makoto’s plan, seeing Akatsuki Ninja Village’s rule as a way to restore Uchiha power.
• The Uchiha Great Elder questioned how the Senju Clan would accept annexation and warned that it could trigger a costly war between the villages.

Uchiha Makoto reassured the Uchiha Great Elder that Akatsuki Ninja Village would not fight Konoha directly, explaining how economic dependence and political influence could force Konoha to compromise. He left the Uchiha leaders confident in their future victory while keeping the plan’s most dangerous tactics secret from them.

• Uchiha Makoto told the Uchiha Great Elder that a war with Konoha could draw in the other major villages and devastate Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• Uchiha Makoto explained that Akatsuki Ninja Village had already gained influence in Konoha through its culture, goods, trade, loans, and currency.
• Uchiha Makoto urged the Uchiha Clan to fund and protect disaffected Konoha clans so they would align with the Uchiha rather than the Hokage.
• Uchiha Makoto predicted that Tobirama Senju’s death and Konoha’s internal tensions would leave its leaders with no choice but to compromise.
• The Uchiha higher-ups praised Uchiha Makoto’s plan, while he privately withheld its central economic and information-warfare tactics from them.

Hashirama Senju awoke grieving over killing Uchiha Madara, then learned that Uchiha Makoto had spread rumors blaming Konoha and Tobirama Senju for Madara’s defection. Hashirama rejected Tobirama’s plan to purge the Uchiha Clan, leaving Tobirama convinced that his brother’s leadership had to end.

• Hashirama Senju woke after nearly a week unconscious and asked Tobirama Senju whether killing Uchiha Madara had only been a nightmare.
• Tobirama Senju told Hashirama that Madara was truly dead, and Hashirama wept before steadying himself and asking about Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju explained that Uchiha Makoto had spread rumors portraying Madara as persecuted and Tobirama as responsible for driving him from Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju urged Hashirama to publicly denounce Madara and punish the Uchiha Clan, but Hashirama refused to purge clansmen who had not joined Madara.
• Hashirama Senju promised to clear Tobirama’s name himself, while insisting that the Uchiha Clan had done nothing wrong.
• Tobirama Senju concluded that Hashirama could not govern Konoha properly and resolved to tell him to step down.

Hashirama Senju agreed to hand the Hokage position to Tobirama Senju because his injuries left him unable to protect Konoha, though he reaffirmed his dream of peace. He made Tobirama promise not to purge or suppress the Uchiha Clan, leaving Tobirama poised to become the Second while privately planning to curb the clan later.

• Tobirama Senju argued that Hashirama Senju should step down because his weakened condition and leniency endangered Konoha.
• Hashirama Senju defended his dream of a world without hatred and acknowledged that Tobirama Senju had carried the burden of protecting the village.
• Hashirama Senju accepted that he could no longer continue as Hokage and agreed to place Konoha in Tobirama Senju's hands.
• Hashirama Senju ordered Tobirama Senju not to purge or suppress the Uchiha Clan, holding him responsible for their safety as comrades in the village.
• Tobirama Senju promised not to touch the Uchiha Clan as long as they did not harm Konoha, while resolving to restrain them through other means later.

Konoha’s clan leaders gathered under Tobirama Senju’s rule, uneasy about Uchiha Madara’s death, Hashirama Senju’s disappearance, and rumors that Tobirama was consolidating power. The Uchiha Great Elder arrived with several clansmen and judged the meeting a chance to discover who remained the Uchiha Clan’s allies.

• Konoha’s clan leaders and senior jonin assembled in a tense meeting as they privately questioned the official account of Uchiha Madara’s attack and death.
• The leaders worried that Hashirama Senju had died or been gravely wounded while Tobirama Senju held Konoha under martial law.
• The Uchiha Great Elder entered with several Uchiha higher-ups, surprising the gathered clans.
• Several small-clan leaders approached the Uchiha Great Elder to greet him, signaling support despite the risks.
• The Uchiha Great Elder recalled Makoto’s advice, assessed the other clans’ responses, and sat with his clansmen at the Uchiha Clan’s seats.

Hashirama Senju returned to the meeting and accepted responsibility for Uchiha Madara’s betrayal, then resigned as First and recommended Tobirama Senju as his successor. Tobirama invited the assembled leaders to nominate another candidate, but no one dared; the chapter ended as Hashirama called for a vote on Tobirama becoming Second.

• Hashirama Senju entered the Meeting Room and confirmed that he had killed Uchiha Madara after Madara betrayed Konoha and tried to destroy it.
• Hashirama Senju declared that the Uchiha in the village were innocent and took responsibility for failing to prevent Madara’s defection.
• Hashirama Senju resigned as First and formally recommended Tobirama Senju to succeed him.
• Tobirama Senju accepted the recommendation and challenged the leaders to name a rival, but the Uchiha Great Elder stayed silent.
• Hashirama Senju stopped Tobirama’s taunting and asked the assembled leaders to vote on whether Tobirama should become Second.

Tobirama Senju won Konoha’s vote to become the Second, and Shimura Danzō went to the Land of Fire’s capital to secure the Daimyo’s formal recognition. The Daimyo approved Tobirama’s succession but arranged for the inauguration to take place in the capital, hoping to test Hashirama Senju’s health and force Uchiha Makoto to face Tobirama publicly.

• Shimura Danzō and Konoha’s other leaders supported Tobirama Senju’s succession, while the Uchiha Great Elder abstained.
• Tobirama Senju passed the vote and became Konoha’s Second, pending the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire’s formal approval.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire received Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s delegation, then questioned them about Hashirama Senju’s health.
• Shimura Danzō claimed Hashirama Senju was recovering, and the Daimyo stamped Tobirama Senju’s succession document.
• The Daimyo ordered Tobirama Senju’s inauguration to be held in the capital and proposed inviting Uchiha Makoto and other village leaders.
• The Daimyo hoped the ceremony would reveal whether Hashirama Senju could travel and whether Uchiha Makoto would attend despite his hostility toward Tobirama Senju.

Tobirama Senju learned that the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire had recognized him as the Second but demanded that his inauguration ceremony be held in the capital with Uchiha Makoto invited. He accepted that he could not refuse and saw the event as a possible chance to repair Konoha’s relationship with the Land of Fire, despite the blood debts he had hidden.

• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire sent Shimura Danzō, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the others back to Konoha with Tobirama Senju’s appointment letters and announced a capital banquet for the Second and Akatsuki Ninja Village’s guests.
• Tobirama Senju wrote a book attacking the Uchiha Clan and defending his account of Konoha’s founding, planning to call it Konoha Record of Awakening.
• Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi reported that the Daimyo had endorsed Tobirama Senju but wanted his inauguration held in the capital and Uchiha Makoto invited.
• Tobirama Senju refused to reject the Daimyo’s demand because doing so would damage his legitimacy and further offend the Land of Fire.
• Tobirama Senju recalled his secret assassinations of Land of Fire nobles and his alliance with Uchiha Makoto, then considered the inauguration trip a chance to restore ties and free Konoha from its dependence on Akatsuki Ninja Village.

Tobirama Senju accepted the Land of Fire Daimyo’s invitation to hold his inauguration ceremony in the Capital, hoping to secure the Daimyo’s support and contain the Akatsuki Ninja Village. He assigned Danzo to oversee security and Hiruzen to assist with village affairs, then prepared to contact Uchiha Makoto about the ceremony.

• Tobirama Senju decided to travel to the Capital and present Konoha as a loyal ally of the Land of Fire, potentially blaming the Akatsuki Ninja Village for past assassinations.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Shimura Danzō to coordinate the journey’s security and monitor the Akatsuki Ninja Village delegation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked for a role, and Tobirama assigned him to assist with village government and departments controlled by Kagami Uchiha.
• Tobirama Senju considered Uchiha Makoto the greatest threat to his inauguration and decided to contact him through their old communication ninjutsu.
• Tobirama Senju began establishing the connection, eager to speak to Uchiha Makoto as the Second Hokage.

Uchiha Makoto prepared Akatsuki Ninja Village for war and showcased a chakra-powered flight tool, then received Tobirama Senju’s call after Tobirama became Konoha’s Second. Their conversation ended with Makoto hinting that he wanted to accelerate events, leaving Tobirama alarmed and confused.

• Uchiha Makoto convened Akatsuki Ninja Village’s leaders and secured approval for expanded military spending and war reserves.
• Itama demonstrated a mass-producible chakra glider that even genin could use, exciting the village leaders.
• Uchiha Makoto reflected on the village’s chakra projects, including the tailed beasts, Chakra Ore, and Zero-Tails.
• Uchiha Makoto accepted Tobirama Senju’s communication request, expecting to discuss the alliance and the Feudal Lord’s plans for Tobirama’s inauguration.
• Tobirama Senju boasted about becoming Konoha’s Second and Uchiha Madara’s death, but Uchiha Makoto hinted that Hashirama Senju was near death and said he needed to speed things up.

Tobirama Senju suspected Uchiha Makoto had engineered the conflict that led to Uchiha Madara’s attack and Hashirama Senju’s near-fatal battle. Makoto blamed Tobirama’s prejudice and hunger for power, but Tobirama ultimately justified his actions by deciding the Uchiha were the ones at fault.

• Tobirama Senju grew suspicious that Uchiha Makoto had deliberately inflamed the Senju-Uchiha conflict and manipulated Uchiha Madara into attacking Konoha.
• Tobirama confronted Makoto, who said he had only exploited the distrust between Tobirama, Madara, and Hashirama Senju.
• Makoto told Tobirama that he could have prevented the tragedy by accepting the Uchiha or relinquishing his bid for the Hokage position.
• Makoto accused Tobirama of harming Hashirama by driving the conflict that led to his life-threatening battle with Madara.
• Tobirama briefly felt guilt, then convinced himself that his anti-Uchiha policies had been justified and blamed the Uchiha Clan for the tragedy.

Uchiha Makoto and Tobirama Senju negotiated over Konoha and Akatsuki Ninja Village’s cooperation and the coming Hokage inauguration ceremony. Makoto then proposed confronting the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire, and Tobirama vowed to stop him from attacking the Daimyo.

• Tobirama Senju denied that Hashirama Senju was dying and accused Uchiha Makoto of spreading false claims.
• Tobirama offered to preserve the Uchiha Clan’s standing and existing agreements if Makoto avoided disrupting the inauguration and stopped spreading rumors about him.
• Uchiha Makoto accepted the terms, while privately planning to keep using political rumors and Akatsuki Ninja Village’s influence against Konoha.
• Makoto warned Tobirama that the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire was trying to make Konoha and Akatsuki Ninja Village clash at the ceremony.
• Makoto declared that he would not allow the Daimyo to remain in power, and Tobirama insisted he would prevent Makoto from attacking him.