Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Makoto presented Kumogakure with harsh armistice terms, and the Second Raikage rejected them. Makoto drew Tobirama Senju into the negotiations, where Tobirama threatened Kumogakure on behalf of Konoha and pushed to secure a share of the spoils.

• Uchiha Makoto unveiled armistice terms demanding enormous reparations, special rights in Kumogakure, trade privileges, ceded territory, and young Cloud Ninja sent to study in Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• Tobirama Senju noticed that the terms named Akatsuki Ninja Village and Uzu Ninja Village but omitted Konoha, and realized Makoto had left Konoha out of the agreement.
• The Second Raikage declared the terms unacceptable, while Uchiha Makoto asked him to identify which clauses he objected to.
• Uchiha Makoto called on Tobirama Senju to join the negotiations, and Tobirama understood that Makoto wanted Konoha to claim a share of the victory.
• Tobirama Senju threatened the Second Raikage with a united war by Konoha, Akatsuki Ninja, and Uzu Ninja, prompting the Raikage to back down.

Tobirama Senju pressed Kumogakure for harsh compensation while Uchiha Makoto let Konoha’s aggression damage its reputation among the smaller villages. Uchiha Makoto finalized a reduced settlement, leaving Tobirama furious that he had been used and promised nothing.

• Tobirama Senju demanded excessive compensation from Kumogakure, prompting the small village representatives to look more favorably toward the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• The First Tsuchikage defended Kumogakure, while Uchiha Makoto held back Shinji Uzumaki and let Tobirama Senju argue.
• Tobirama Senju and the First Tsuchikage pressured the Second Raikage, who refused to yield as they fought to a standstill.
• Uchiha Makoto offered to reduce Kumogakure’s compensation to thirty billion ryo with installment payments, and the Second Raikage reluctantly agreed.
• Uchiha Makoto revised the agreement to name the Akatsuki Ninja, Uzu Ninja Village, and Konoha, leaving the other terms unchanged and Tobirama Senju furious.

Uchiha Makoto concluded the ceasefire agreement on terms that left Konoha with little, then welcomed small-village representatives drawn to Akatsuki Ninja Village. As the victors prepared to divide the reparations, Tobirama Senju remained behind and Makoto told him to leave.

• Uchiha Makoto, Shinji Uzumaki, and the Second Raikage signed the ceasefire agreement, while Tobirama Senju realized Konoha appeared in only one clause.
• The Second Raikage left to face Kumogakure's public backlash and financial crisis, and the First Tsuchikage departed soon after.
• Representatives from small ninja villages approached Uchiha Makoto, while Tobirama Senju resented that they favored Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• Shinji Uzumaki escorted the representatives out, and they continued to cultivate ties with the Uzumaki Clan as an ally of Konoha and Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• Uchiha Makoto waited to discuss dividing the thirty billion ryo in reparations with Shinji Uzumaki, then noticed Tobirama Senju was still there and told him to leave.

Uchiha Makoto refused Tobirama Senju’s demand for a share of the compensation, and the two clashed over Konoha’s role in the war. Makoto and Shinji Uzumaki settled on a division that gave Konoha a smaller payment, then discussed supporting wounded Uzumaki clansmen through a film company.

• Tobirama Senju demanded ten billion ryo from the compensation, but Uchiha Makoto rejected him and invoked Uchiha Madara as a warning.
• Tobirama Senju left in anger after Makoto told him he had no right to criticize him because he was not the Hokage.
• Shinji Uzumaki agreed that the Akatsuki Ninja Village should take twenty billion ryo and the Uzumaki Clan ten billion ryo.
• Shinji Uzumaki suggested giving Konoha some compensation, so Makoto agreed that he and Shinji would each contribute one billion ryo for the Konoha ninja.
• Shinji Uzumaki lamented the injured and disabled clansmen, and Makoto proposed establishing a film company to preserve the heroes’ stories.

Uchiha Makoto persuaded Shinji Uzumaki to help launch Akatsuki Hollywood and use a war film to promote Akatsuki Ninja Village as a protector of ordinary ninjas. The chapter ended with Makoto planning to portray Konoha’s conduct in the war in a way that would subtly condemn it.

• Uchiha Makoto explained that injured ninjas would become Ninja Academy instructors or work for a film company promoting Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• Shinji Uzumaki objected that making movies was beneath ninjas, but agreed to join Akatsuki Hollywood after Makoto demanded a clear answer.
• Makoto proposed a war film called Saving Chunin Pain, loosely based on the war with Kumogakure and featuring a Chunin left behind by Konoha’s allied reinforcements.
• Makoto explained that the film would appeal to ordinary people and bottom-tier ninjas by presenting Akatsuki Ninja Village as the village that cared about their lives.
• Shinji asked whether Konoha should be included in the film, and Makoto said he would faithfully depict its conduct while using low-level praise and high-level condemnation.

After the war, Uchiha Makoto negotiated how reparations and a fish-canning business would benefit the Uchiha, Uzumaki, and Konoha. Tobirama Senju reluctantly agreed to join the venture, just as news arrived that Konoha’s Hokage had been assassinated.

• Uchiha Makoto told Tobirama Senju that the two billion ryo in compensation would be split between the Senju and Uchiha clans, not handed directly to Konoha.
• Uchiha Makoto proposed that the Uzumaki Clan use sealing techniques and its fishing resources to produce canned fish for the Land of Fire’s market.
• Tobirama Senju asked to bring Konoha into the business, and Uchiha Makoto agreed after securing the right to designate personnel, including Uchiha Clan members.
• Uchiha Makoto assigned fifty percent of the business to the Akatsuki Ninja Village, thirty percent to the Uzumaki Clan, and twenty percent to Konoha, and Shinji Uzumaki accepted the arrangement.
• Less than a week after the assassination of the Light Shadow, the Hokage was assassinated in Konoha.

Uchiha Makoto returned to Akatsuki Ninja Village after the army’s victory and reunited with Tsubaki Uzumaki amid a jubilant welcome. As he toured the expanded village, Kazuma explained its development and the growing role of merchants investing under Uchiha Makoto’s more favorable policies.

• Uchiha Makoto returned to Akatsuki Ninja Village and embraced Tsubaki Uzumaki as villagers and soldiers celebrated his homecoming.
• Uchiha Makoto entered the village safely while guards watched the crowd for possible threats.
• Uchiha Makoto noticed the widened streets, new power-pole-like structures, growing crowds, and unfamiliar shops as Kazuma described the village’s development.
• Wealthy merchants from the Land of Fire invested in Akatsuki Ninja Village to take advantage of its truce agreement and commercial opportunities.
• Konoha and Akatsuki Ninja Village suppressed disorder across the Land of Fire, enabling peaceful commerce to recover while wealthy merchants sought a path beyond noble control.

Uchiha Makoto returned to the Akatsuki Ninja Village and took time off with Tsubaki Uzumaki, while Tobirama Senju learned that Hashirama Senju had secretly released the Takigakure assassin who attacked him. Enraged by Hashirama’s refusal to retaliate, Tobirama ordered him brought in and insisted Takigakure’s leader kneel and apologize under Konoha’s flag.

• Uchiha Makoto heard about the Akatsuki Ninja Village’s rapid growth, then left with Tsubaki Uzumaki to spend his first day back at their villa.
• Tobirama Senju dismissed Hashirama Senju’s welcoming celebration and returned to the Hokage’s office, dissatisfied with the peace terms and Konoha’s share of the war’s gains.
• An Anbu ninja reported that Hashirama had released the Takigakure assassin who tried to kill him and ordered the incident kept quiet.
• Tobirama Senju condemned Hashirama’s decision and demanded an investigation into whether Takigakure had acted alone or under another village’s orders.
• Tobirama Senju rewarded the Anbu ninja for reporting the truth, then ordered him to bring Hashirama in so they could make Takigakure’s leader kneel and apologize under Konoha’s flag.

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju argued over Hashirama’s secret decision to release the Takigakure assassin who had tried to kill him. Hashirama refused to declare war, but Tobirama planned to expose the assassination and use public anger to force Konoha to retaliate.

• Tobirama Senju confronted Hashirama Senju for secretly releasing the Takigakure assassin and demanded a full investigation.
• Hashirama Senju explained that he had hidden the attempt to protect peace during negotiations between Akatsuki Ninja Village and Kumogakure.
• Tobirama Senju declared that Konoha would go to war with Takigakure, but Hashirama Senju insisted that only the main culprit should be executed.
• Tobirama Senju rejected Hashirama’s compromise, suspecting Takigakure’s leaders would sacrifice the assassin as a scapegoat.
• Tobirama Senju pretended to consider Hashirama’s proposal while planning to spread news of the assassination and stir public opinion in Konoha.

Uchiha Makoto resumed work at Akatsuki Ninja Village after two days recovering with Tsubaki Uzumaki, and began consolidating the village’s influence across the Land of Fire. He brought small shinobi forces under tighter control and secured a major business alliance with wealthy merchants, while Tobirama Senju’s covert influence remained a concern.

• After Hashirama Senju left, Tobirama Senju summoned an Anbu ninja and made a decision.
• Uchiha Makoto returned to the Light Shadow's Office and ordered Kazuma to summon the people waiting to meet him.
• Uchiha Makoto required representatives of small shinobi forces to stop carrying Konoha forehead protectors, accept Akatsuki Ninja Village oversight, and send young members to its Ninja Academy; nearly three-fifths agreed to join.
• Uchiha Makoto realized Tobirama Senju had secretly extended Konoha’s influence among many small shinobi forces in the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Makoto warned wealthy merchant representatives for previously rejecting his proposal, then accepted their offer of a company stake giving Akatsuki Ninja Village fifty percent ownership without an investment.

Uchiha Makoto secured wealthy merchants’ backing for Arasaka Company, a canned-food venture, and Akatsuki Hollywood, then agreed to help the merchants expand silk production. The chapter ended as news of the Hokage’s assassination and Arasaka Company’s founding spread through the Land of Fire.

• Uchiha Makoto named the new merchant-backed company Arasaka Company and signed its shareholding contract.
• Uchiha Makoto and the merchants planned a canned-food factory, with the Uzumaki Clan and Tobirama Senju handling technical problems and Akatsuki Ninjas helping catch fish.
• A merchant offered to find a famous director for Akatsuki Hollywood’s first movie, and Uchiha Makoto considered using media channels to spread stories about Konoha.
• The merchants asked Uchiha Makoto to address noble control of mulberry fields, which constrained Arasaka Company’s silk production, and he agreed to find a solution.
• Newspapers reported that Takigakure Ninja had assassinated the Hokage and that Arasaka Company had been founded with the support of wealthy merchants.

Uchiha Makoto learned that Land of Fire directors had refused to work on his film because powerful figures were pressuring the Akatsuki Ninja Village. He chose to resist the pressure and planned to help Tobirama Senju provoke a confrontation with Hashirama Senju over retaliation against Takigakure.

• Takahashi Temmaru told Uchiha Makoto that every famous director he approached had refused to direct Saving Chunin Pain, apparently after receiving a political warning.
• Uchiha Makoto recognized the refusals as pressure from the Land of Fire’s ruling powers and said he would not back down or beg them for permission to make money.
• Takahashi Temmaru offered to find a foreign director, but Uchiha Makoto instead asked about Hashirama Senju’s assassination by Takigakure.
• Uchiha Makoto learned that Tobirama Senju was stirring up Konoha’s public opinion and intended to use the assassination as a pretext to launch a heavy strike against Takigakure.
• Uchiha Makoto decided to help Tobirama by raising the possibility that Takigakure’s assassins might target the great nobles, hoping to test Hashirama Senju’s opposition to war.

Uchiha Makoto plotted to seize the Seika Family’s vast farmland by arranging a flood and blaming Takigakure, while planning for Akatsuki Ninja Village to rescue the affected people. After the Seika Family was slaughtered and its land flooded, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire suspected Akatsuki Ninja Village but chose to have Konoha investigate, setting ninja village against ninja village.

• Uchiha Makoto selected the Seika Family’s land as Arasaka Company’s target and ordered Takahashi Temmaru to raise funds for its purchase.
• Uchiha Makoto proposed breaking an embankment to flood the fields, while Akatsuki Ninja Village would control the waters and provide relief; he told Takahashi Temmaru to blame Takigakure.
• A week later, the Grand Elder informed the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire that an embankment had burst across three counties and the Seika Family had been slaughtered.
• The Grand Elder reported evidence linking the attack to Takigakure and suspected Akatsuki Ninja Village because of its conflict with the Seika Family and its prompt disaster response.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire decided to suppress the matter and secretly commission Konoha to investigate Akatsuki Ninja Village.

Bai Ze Ming visited Akatsuki Ninja Village, learned of Uchiha Makoto’s disaster relief and plans for the Land of Fire, and agreed to cooperate with him. In Konoha, Tobirama Senju’s attempt to rally support for punishing Takigakure stalled after Hashirama Senju called for peace and villagers stayed silent.

• Takahashi Temmaru reassured Bai Ze Ming about Uchiha Makoto and explained Akatsuki Ninja Village’s relief work and plans to rebuild the flooded counties.
• Uchiha Makoto summoned Bai Ze Ming, secured his agreement to make the film, and sent him away after a brief threat.
• Tobirama Senju recalled how Hashirama Senju had rejected his plan to attack Takigakure and impose harsh terms.
• Hashirama Senju appealed to Konoha’s Will of Fire and urged a peaceful resolution, quieting the village’s calls for revenge.
• Konoha’s villagers remained silent after Tobirama Senju’s Anbu had beaten them for protesting, leaving Tobirama frustrated.

The Land of Fire Daimyo asked Tobirama Senju to investigate the massacre of the Seika Family, offering ten million ryō and demanding that Konoha restore his dignity. Tobirama suspected the Akatsuki Ninja Village but had no proof, leaving Konoha caught between the Daimyo’s demands and the risk of provoking Uchiha Makoto.

• The Daimyo visited Konoha and told Tobirama Senju that ninjas had slaughtered the Seika Family overnight.
• The Daimyo made the massacre an S-rank mission for Konoha, offering ten million ryō and revealing that a Takigakure forehead protector had been found at the scene.
• Tobirama Senju questioned the Daimyo about the family’s enemies and learned that the Seika Family had recently clashed commercially with the Akatsuki Ninja Village’s Arasaka Company.
• Tobirama Senju realized that the Daimyo suspected Uchiha Makoto but that Konoha lacked evidence and risked conflict if it accused the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• The Daimyo urged Tobirama Senju to uncover the truth and secure a symbolic admission of fault and punishment from the Akatsuki Ninja Village so the Land of Fire could preserve its dignity.

Tobirama Senju accepted the Land of Fire’s demand that Konoha investigate the Seika Family massacre, but the inquiry uncovered no useful evidence and the Daimyo faced mounting pressure from the great nobles. The chapter ended with Tobirama receiving twelve golden imperial edicts in one day, all demanding that he solve the case.

• The Grand Elder asked Konoha to pressure the Akatsuki Ninja Village, and Tobirama Senju accepted the mission.
• The Grand Elder returned to the Capital of the Land of Fire, while Tobirama secretly assigned Anbu to protect him and ordered an investigation.
• Konoha’s investigators found almost no evidence beyond clues pointing to Takigakure, and examining the victims’ bodies yielded no usable memories.
• The Daimyo suppressed news of the Seika Family massacre but faced growing demands from the great nobles to catch the culprit.
• The Daimyo increased pressure on Tobirama Senju, who received twelve golden imperial edicts in a single day.

Tobirama Senju met Uchiha Makoto to demand an explanation for the massacre of a great noble family, but Uchiha Makoto rejected his accusations and evidence. Uchiha Makoto then led Tobirama Senju outside, shifting the meeting toward something Tobirama had overlooked.

• Tobirama Senju received twelve edicts from the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire demanding that Konoha solve the massacre, but he could find no conclusive evidence against Uchiha Makoto.
• Uchiha Makoto and Bai Ze Ming watched the completed film Saving Chunin Pain, and Bai Ze Ming agreed to handle its promotion.
• Tobirama Senju sent Uchiha Makoto an invitation, and Uchiha Makoto agreed to meet him at an Arasaka Company office in one of the three counties.
• Tobirama Senju accused Uchiha Makoto of ordering Akatsuki Ninja Village ninjas to massacre a great noble family, but Uchiha Makoto dismissed the accusation and challenged him to produce evidence.
• Tobirama Senju presented files about suspicious coincidences linking Akatsuki Ninja Village and the Arasaka Company to the massacre, then appealed to Uchiha Makoto to protect the Uchiha Clan's honor.
• Uchiha Makoto asked Tobirama Senju whether he had noticed what was happening around the meeting place, then walked outside and beckoned him to follow.

Uchiha Makoto showed Tobirama Senju a village where Arasaka Company’s aid and plans had given the villagers food, work, and hope. After Makoto explained that ninjas could improve people’s lives by stepping in, Tobirama sensed his actions could ignite upheaval across the Ninja World.

• Tobirama Senju followed Uchiha Makoto to a village while worrying about the Fire Lord’s demands and Konoha’s funding.
• Tobirama saw villagers building shelters and working for Arasaka Company as it prepared infrastructure upgrades and industrial plans.
• The villagers knelt to thank Uchiha Makoto, believing the food, factory jobs, fair purchases, and promised schools could improve their lives.
• Tobirama suspected Makoto had used Genjutsu, but Makoto said the villagers trusted him because he could ensure they were fed.
• Makoto told Tobirama that ninjas could stop price-gouging and embezzlement, and said he wanted the lights of ordinary households behind him.
• Tobirama realized Makoto’s efforts could unleash widespread conflict across the Ninja World.

Uchiha Makoto told Tobirama Senju that he intended to challenge the nobles’ rule by expanding ninjas’ role in production and spreading practical uses of ninjutsu. Tobirama rejected his vision but stayed involved in their joint work, while Makoto left without accepting responsibility for the incident.

• Uchiha Makoto argued that the ancient order of nobles ruling over commoners was not justified simply because it had lasted for centuries.
• Tobirama Senju called Makoto insane and warned that Konoha and Hashirama Senju would stop him if he rebelled against the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Makoto explained that the Canned Food Factory and future ninjutsu-based industries would draw ninjas into production and eventually bring them into conflict with the nobles.
• Tobirama Senju refused to quit working on the Canned Food Factory, though he doubted that Makoto could change the ninja world.
• Uchiha Makoto declared Akatsuki Ninja Village innocent, warned that nobles looked down on ninjas despite benefiting from their sacrifices, and left using the Body Flicker Technique.

Tobirama Senju weighed Konoha’s response to the Land of Fire’s demands and chose to cooperate cautiously with Akatsuki Ninja Village, hoping its experiment might offer a way to prevent future wars. Meanwhile, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire resolved to undermine the alliance between the villages, and Takigakure was accused of assassinating a noble’s family.

• Tobirama Senju considered the danger of future wars and the possibility that Uchiha Makoto’s vision could change the shinobi world, then decided Konoha would cautiously make use of Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire erupted in anger over Konoha’s investigation report, which blamed Takigakure and announced a joint mission with Akatsuki Ninja Village.
• The Grand Elder warned the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire against provoking Konoha because of Hashirama Senju, and the Daimyo decided to drive a wedge between Konoha and Akatsuki Ninja Village while placing spies.
• Takigakure’s officials denied sending shinobi to assassinate a high-ranking noble’s family and demanded to know whether Kakuzu had acted alone.