Chapter Summaries

After Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō lost five hundred million ryō trading tulip contracts, Tobirama Senju sought a way to recover the money and used Hashirama Senju’s Wood Style to produce tulips. Uchiha Makoto realized Konoha’s sudden entry into the tulip market had made the village the nobles’ new target, leaving him free of the blame.

• Tobirama Senju reprimanded Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō for losing five hundred million ryō and demanded they explain what had happened.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō described how they profited from tulip trading at first, then lost everything after greed led them to keep investing.
• Tobirama Senju learned that tulips took years to cultivate and decided Hashirama Senju’s Wood Style could grow them quickly.
• Tobirama Senju brought Hashirama Senju to the tulip seeds, and Hashirama Senju used Wood Style to produce an unlimited supply of tulips.
• Uchiha Makoto read the intelligence and realized Konoha’s tulip supply would make the village a target for furious nobles and wealthy merchants.

Uchiha Makoto and the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire celebrated earning around ninety billion Ryo from the Tulip Plan, while Konoha became the target of blame for the tulip market collapse. As mission cancellations threatened Konoha’s newly assembled clans, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju decided to seek the Feudal Lord’s support.

• Uchiha Makoto learned that his share of the Tulip Plan’s profits was around ninety billion Ryo and celebrated with the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Makoto planned to use the fortune to recruit ninja clans for Akatsuki Ninja Village, while Konoha’s reputation and Hashirama Senju’s standing helped it attract clans first.
• Tobirama Senju discovered that Konoha was being blamed for rumors of an unlimited tulip supply after he sold Hashirama Senju’s mass-produced tulips to the market.
• Nobles angered by the tulip price collapse began boycotting Konoha, and a wave of mission cancellations threatened the village’s income and its new clan members.
• Hashirama Senju asked Tobirama Senju what to do, and Tobirama Senju proposed requesting an audience with the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire for support.

Uchiha Makoto accepted authority from the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire to negotiate with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, believing Konoha had come to seek the Daimyo’s support. The meeting began with Tobirama’s practiced smile freezing when he saw Makoto.

• Uchiha Makoto listed several Bloodline Limit clans he wanted Akatsuki Ninja Village to recruit with its new funds.
• An attendant told Uchiha Makoto that the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire wanted to discuss an important matter.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire authorized Uchiha Makoto to negotiate with Konoha and calm the village’s leaders.
• Tobirama Senju warned Hashirama Senju that Konoha risked losing its allied clans and urged him to follow his cues during the negotiations.
• Hashirama Senju teased Tobirama Senju for practicing his smile before they entered the meeting room.
• Tobirama Senju’s smile froze when he saw Uchiha Makoto.

Uchiha Makoto used his position as the daimyo’s negotiating official to provoke Tobirama Senju when Hashirama Senju and Tobirama came seeking the daimyo’s help. The negotiation had barely begun when Makoto mocked Tobirama for failing to smile.

• Tobirama Senju entered the reception room, recognized Uchiha Makoto, and angrily called him a naturally evil Uchiha brat.
• Uchiha Makoto asserted his authority as a senior official negotiating on the daimyo’s behalf, and Hashirama Senju stepped in to calm the two men.
• Makoto explained that he had left the Uchiha Clan, founded Akatsuki Ninja Village, and welcomed Uchiha clansmen who wanted to leave Konoha.
• Hashirama Senju invited Makoto to return to Konoha, but Makoto politely declined and invited Hashirama to visit his village instead.
• Makoto asked why Hashirama and Tobirama had come to see the daimyo, leaving Tobirama caught between asking for help and refusing to bow to an Uchiha.
• As Tobirama began to explain, Makoto interrupted him and taunted him to smile as he had practiced in front of a mirror.

Tobirama Senju proposed that Konoha control and distribute missions across the Land of Fire, but Uchiha Makoto pointed out that Konoha’s ruined reputation made the plan impractical. The chapter ended with Makoto suggesting that the Akatsuki Ninja Village manage the mission platform, enraging Tobirama Senju.

• Tobirama Senju outlined a plan for Konoha to cooperate with the Feudal Lord and manage mission distribution and assessment across the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Makoto praised the plan’s benefits, while Hashirama Senju welcomed its promise of peace among the shinobi clans.
• Uchiha Makoto argued that employers would not trust Konoha because its reputation had suffered and many missions had been canceled.
• Hashirama Senju rejected the idea of forcing employers to submit missions, and Tobirama Senju struggled to answer the criticism.
• Uchiha Makoto proposed that the Akatsuki Ninja Village manage the mission platform with Konoha personnel involved, and Tobirama Senju angrily refused to surrender Konoha’s authority.

Uchiha Makoto and Tobirama Senju negotiated Konoha’s political recognition, mission-sharing, and military obligations with Akatsuki Ninja Village, then turned to Konoha’s request for financial aid. The chapter ended with Makoto offering more favorable aid terms if Tobirama agreed to work for him.

• Tobirama Senju rejected Makoto’s proposal to bring all Fire Country shinobi clans under Konoha’s control and instead proposed a joint mission distribution platform.
• Makoto demanded an even split of missions, while Tobirama insisted Konoha receive seventy percent; they settled on a temporary thirty-seventy split, with the ratio to be renegotiated if Akatsuki Ninja Village grew.
• Makoto secured Konoha’s promise to send troops unconditionally if Akatsuki Ninja Village was attacked, with the agreement to be witnessed by the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire.
• Makoto and Tobirama agreed that Konoha and Akatsuki Ninja Village would recognize each other, jointly defend the Land of Fire, and establish a mission distribution platform under a one-country, two-village system.
• Makoto asked how much financial aid Konoha needed and offered to take a more lenient attitude if Tobirama agreed to work for him.

Uchiha Makoto offered Tobirama Senju a well-equipped research laboratory, a high salary, and funding for Konoha in exchange for Tobirama's research work. After Tobirama demanded an enormous sum to scare him off, Makoto agreed to pay ten billion ryo, leaving Tobirama stunned by the deal.

• Uchiha Makoto offered Tobirama Senju a top-tier laboratory, two million ryo a month, and technical patents for all research results.
• Tobirama Senju hesitated over the offer but protested that he was too busy managing Konoha and could not risk using the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu too often.
• Uchiha Makoto pressured Tobirama by tying the negotiations to Konoha's financial support, while Hashirama Senju tried to persuade his brother to accept.
• Tobirama Senju demanded eight billion ryo, expecting Makoto to reject the price.
• Uchiha Makoto called the demand too low and offered ten billion ryo for Konoha, leaving Tobirama Senju stunned.

Uchiha Makoto negotiated funding with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, then deceived the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire about what had happened. The Daimyo approved the agreement and entrusted Makoto with the terms, while Makoto’s account left him convinced Konoha was a threat.

• Tobirama Senju hesitated over Uchiha Makoto’s proposal to embezzle fifty billion ryo, but agreed to a deal that gave Konoha funding and Makoto a share of the money.
• Uchiha Makoto told the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire that Hashirama Senju had nearly come to blows with him and claimed he had calmed Hashirama by invoking the Uchiha Clan.
• Makoto told the Daimyo that Tobirama Senju had demanded thirty billion ryo and that he had negotiated the payment down to fifteen billion.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire agreed to pay Konoha, urged Makoto to strengthen the Akatsuki Ninja Village, and praised the Uchiha Clan’s loyalty.
• The Daimyo reviewed the agreement, distrusted Konoha’s promise to protect his rule, and entrusted Makoto with the terms and his golden seal.

After securing the Daimyo’s support and 95 billion ryo, Uchiha Makoto returned to the Akatsuki Ninja Village and began attracting ninja clans with mission opportunities and relocation payments. The village rapidly grew despite rumors that it was Konoha’s auxiliary account, and Makoto convened a meeting of its clans.

• At the farewell banquet, Tobirama Senju worried that the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire was cold toward Konoha, while Hashirama Senju dismissed his suspicions.
• Uchiha Makoto left the Capital of the Land of Fire with the Daimyo’s recognition, funding, and authority to establish the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• After the Daimyo publicized agreements supporting ninja villages, rumors spread that the Akatsuki Ninja Village was Konoha’s auxiliary account, and Makoto chose not to issue a futile denial.
• Uchiha Makoto drew interest from the Snow Clan, Kaguya Clan, and Kurama Clan by offering mission opportunities and relocation payments to migrating clans.
• Ninja clans joined the Akatsuki Ninja Village in growing numbers, and Uchiha Makoto convened a meeting of its clans.

Uchiha Makoto welcomed the clans that had joined Akatsuki Ninja Village and won their respect by recounting how he had defeated Masao Kaguya with a single Genjutsu. The clans were pleased with their choice, while Makoto remained eager to recruit more people and fund research.

• Uchiha Makoto gathered the newly joined clans in Akatsuki Ninja Village’s Meeting Room and opened their first meeting as members of the village.
• The clan representatives said they were pleased to join, citing the village’s official recognition, Konoha’s protection, and Makoto’s strength and wealth.
• Masao Kaguya recalled challenging Makoto and fighting through what he believed was a prolonged exchange of fire and Bone Release techniques.
• Uchiha Makoto revealed that he had trapped Masao in a Genjutsu as soon as their eyes met, winning the spar in a single move.
• Masao Kaguya recognized that Makoto’s Genjutsu could have killed him on a battlefield, and the demonstration strengthened Makoto’s reputation among the clans.

Uchiha Makoto prepared Akatsuki Ninja Village for the looming First Shinobi World War by building its own armed force, academy, and medical system. The clan leaders accepted his plans, though they realized the village was preparing for war.

• Uchiha Makoto warned that peace would end after Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara fell out and ordered a secret Anbu unit that would answer directly to him.
• Uchiha Makoto secured support from several clan leaders for the Anbu by offering its members unlimited cultivation resources and logistical support.
• Uchiha Makoto announced five billion in education funding and plans to enroll three thousand students, putting Kazuma in charge of monitoring the money.
• Uchiha Makoto assigned Aqua to teach Medical Ninjutsu as part of establishing Akatsuki Ninja Village's medical system.
• The clan leaders recognized that Uchiha Makoto's decisions were preparing the village for the First Shinobi World War.

Uchiha Makoto expanded the Akatsuki Ninja Village’s research, Anbu, and Ninja Academy programs while preparing for the First Shinobi World War. After setting plans for training civilian recruits, he began asking Kazuma to help define the village’s Will of Light.

• Uchiha Makoto funded a major research laboratory to develop faster, more efficient Explosive Tag production for the coming war.
• Uchiha Makoto secretly selected Anbu candidates, gave successful applicants settlement allowances, and promised support for their families if they died on missions.
• Uchiha Makoto asked Kazuma about enrollment, and Kazuma reported that the village had recruited around a dozen classes toward its target of three thousand students.
• Uchiha Makoto ordered Kazuma to continue recruiting and planned to train civilian students in basic ninjutsu and genjutsu alongside intensive taijutsu.
• Uchiha Makoto asked Kazuma what the Akatsuki Ninja Village’s Will of Light should be.

Uchiha Makoto developed the Will of Light to build loyalty to Akatsuki Ninja Village and prepare its people for war. He also planned to fund the village by establishing business monopolies, while Kazuma recorded his ideas.

• Kazuma asked whether the Will of Light meant adopting Ninja Tool Theory, and Uchiha Makoto decided to retain some of its principles while revising it.
• Uchiha Makoto declared that he wanted loyalty and argued that ninja clans should place the village among their objects of allegiance.
• Uchiha Makoto planned to use the Will of Light to keep clans from abandoning Akatsuki Ninja Village when the First Shinobi World War began.
• Uchiha Makoto outlined a plan to establish monopolies and use business profits to support the village, while Kazuma wrote down his explanation.

Uchiha Makoto expanded Akatsuki Ninja Village’s commercial district and persuaded merchants to invest by promising safety and a thriving market. After Kazuma reported that more than a hundred shops were occupied, Makoto wrote a newspaper article praising the village’s honesty to attract even more merchants.

• Kazuma showed investors the planned commercial district and technology park, and merchants agreed to sign cooperation agreements with Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• Uchiha Makoto used D-rank missions to get ninjas skilled in Earth Release to help build shops, and merchants began occupying them.
• Uchiha Makoto issued business licenses and flags to merchants, promising protection from Rogue Ninjas and bandits along the trade routes.
• Kazuma told Uchiha Makoto that more than a hundred shops had been occupied, and Makoto said the expansion was still too slow.
• Uchiha Makoto wrote a newspaper article describing customers who honestly returned gold jewelry during a blackout and paid for it afterward, then asked Kazuma to arrange a prominent newspaper placement.

Uchiha Makoto’s fabricated article drew wealthy merchants to Akatsuki Ninja Village, while Tobirama Senju presented plans for Konoha that Uchiha Madara accused him of copying. The chapter ended with Tobirama questioning whether he had become a plagiarist.

• Uchiha Makoto admitted to Kazuma that his story praising Akatsuki Ninja Village was fabricated and ordered it printed throughout the Land of Fire.
• Kazuma followed Uchiha Makoto’s order, and the article prompted wealthy merchants to visit and settle in Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• Tobirama Senju presented plans to establish a special assassination unit, a Ninja Academy, and Konoha’s Will of Fire at a leadership meeting.
• Uchiha Madara accused Tobirama Senju of copying Uchiha Makoto’s plans, and Hashirama Senju tried to defuse the confrontation.
• Uchiha Madara repeated his accusation in front of Konoha’s leaders, leaving Tobirama Senju to wonder whether he had become a plagiarist.

Tobirama Senju faced accusations that he had copied Uchiha Makoto’s plans and institutions, and tried to defend himself as the gathered clans watched. Hashirama Senju publicly backed his younger brother, leaving the room to accept the explanation as a coincidence.

• Uchiha Madara called Tobirama Senju a copycat, and Tobirama angrily denied the charge as the clans tried to keep them from fighting.
• Tobirama Senju learned that Uchiha Makoto had established an Assassination Tactics Special Forces, founded a Ninja Academy, and created the Will of Light, matching Tobirama’s own plans.
• Tobirama Senju realized Makoto had acted first and feared that everyone would regard him as the copycat, but he insisted the similarities were coincidences.
• Tobirama Senju asked Hashirama Senju to believe him, and Hashirama publicly supported his younger brother.
• The gathered ninja clans echoed Hashirama Senju and said they believed Tobirama Senju’s explanation.

After Uchiha Madara left a meeting angry over Tobirama Senju’s alleged plagiarism, Hashirama Senju struggled to reassure both men. One month later, Uchiha Makoto inspected the Akatsuki Ninja Village’s militarized Ninja Academy and learned that the Uzumaki Clan was sending an envoy.

• The clans backed Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, prompting Uchiha Madara to leave the meeting in anger.
• Hashirama Senju asked Tobirama Senju to apologize to Madara, but Tobirama insisted that he had not plagiarized anyone.
• A month later, Uchiha Makoto inspected the Akatsuki Ninja Village’s closed, militarized Ninja Academy, where students chanted loyalty slogans and followed strict routines.
• Uchiha Makoto ate lunch with the students and approved of the food provided for them.
• Uchiha Makoto read a formal reply stating that the Uzumaki Clan was sending an envoy.

Uchiha Makoto welcomed the Uzumaki Clan to visit Akatsuki Ninja Village and reviewed the village’s propaganda and growing expenses with Kazuma. He began considering quick sources of income to fund the village’s ambitious development.

• Uchiha Makoto replied that Akatsuki Ninja Village would welcome the Uzumaki Clan and ordered Kazuma to prepare a welcoming ceremony.
• Kazuma reported that Akatsuki Ninja Village had acquired several newspapers and publishing houses, and Uchiha Makoto urged him to keep promoting the village and recruiting ninja from other nations.
• Kazuma told Uchiha Makoto that readers wanted daily chapters of Warring States Romance and that the Bounty Station had offered a reward for capturing its author.
• Uchiha Makoto agreed to use a Shadow Clone to increase the novel’s updates to once a day.
• Kazuma warned that the village had spent more than twenty billion ryo and faced further heavy costs, including iron mines and wartime logistics.
• Uchiha Makoto decided that Akatsuki Ninja Village needed a profitable industry that could generate money quickly while its factories were still being built.

Uchiha Makoto decided to make Akatsuki Ninja Village rich by monopolizing the Land of Fire’s chaotic salt trade with the Daimyo and powerful nobles. He planned to use the Daimyo’s name to crush competitors first, then force the Daimyo to share responsibility and profits.

• Uchiha Makoto proposed that Kazuma join him in the salt business, but Kazuma noted that salt was cheap and widely available.
• Uchiha Makoto explained that years of war and weak regulation had allowed private salt dealers to proliferate and drive prices down.
• Uchiha Makoto concluded that Akatsuki Ninja Village could profit by monopolizing salt sales and forcing rival merchants out of business.
• Kazuma asked whether they should notify the Daimyo, and Uchiha Makoto decided to use the Daimyo’s banner against competitors before informing him.
• Uchiha Makoto declared that the Daimyo would have to accept the blame and join the deal, as Akatsuki Ninja Village had enough power to turn against him.

Uchiha Makoto ordered the Akatsuki Ninja Village to seize control of the Land of Fire’s salt trade before the nobles could hire Konoha, and revealed that his Anbu force obeyed only him. The clan leaders accepted the campaign after Anbu intimidation and Makoto raised the mission pay.

• Uchiha Makoto decided to move quickly against the salt merchants, sending ninja clans to offer courtesy first and use force if needed, while planning to speak with the Daimyo afterward.
• Uchiha Makoto summoned the clan leaders and ordered them to target salt merchants and their protectors, cooperate with the Anbu, and keep their actions secret.
• Uchiha Makoto’s Anbu surrounded the clan representatives and declared their loyalty to him, startling the leaders whose own family members had joined the force.
• Uchiha Makoto’s account showed how he had forged the Anbu into a disciplined collective that obeyed only Lord Shadow.
• The clan leaders agreed to the campaign, and Uchiha Makoto upgraded the missions and promised higher pay, winning their approval.