Chapter Summaries

Shiraishi Yoshijo traded Impure World Reincarnation to Orochimaru, who proposed secretly cooperating with him against their shared interests in Konoha. Orochimaru left after sharing intelligence about Danzo, Zhixiong, and Konoha’s victory over Kumogakure, while warning Shiraishi not to underestimate the village.

• Orochimaru rejected the Butterfly Manipulation Secret Technique and asked Shiraishi Yoshijo for Impure World Reincarnation, which Shiraishi gave him with a warning about controlling those summoned.
• Orochimaru proposed cooperating with Shiraishi, explaining that he had lost his posts in Konoha and no longer prioritized becoming Hokage; the two agreed to work together.
• Orochimaru revealed that Zhixiong had worked with Danzo to place Explosive Tags at the Ninja Military Academy and that Kagami Uchiha had acted in the capital operation.
• Orochimaru told Shiraishi that Uzumaki Mito and Kagami Uchiha had defeated Kumogakure’s surprise force, with only a small number of Cloud Ninja escaping.
• Orochimaru warned Shiraishi not to underestimate Konoha, promised to contact him after mastering Impure World Reincarnation, and vanished into the earth.

Uchiha Madara learned of Shiraishi Yoshijo’s apparent ability to manipulate vitality and decided to lure him out, hoping to control him and use his power to pursue Infinite Tsukuyomi. Black Zetsu also reported that their attempt to enter the Hana Organization as core members had failed, and Madara ordered Oyashiro En killed.

• Zetsu showed Uchiha Madara a recording of Shiraishi Yoshijo defeating the Hokage and five thousand shinobi, including the reanimated Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that Shiraishi was a core member of the Hana Organization and might manipulate vitality, explaining his extraordinary healing and the Daimyo’s renewed youth.
• Madara realized Shiraishi’s power could let him carry out the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan himself and decided to lure Shiraishi out, then control him by force if necessary.
• Zetsu reported that Oyashiro En had rejected them as core members and withheld their pay, and Madara ordered Zetsu to find a way to kill him.

Shiraishi Yoshijo organized the clans' move to the Ninja Military Academy and set plans for funding, training, and missions. He left the details of student recruitment and ninja assignments to be worked out with the Daimyo's officials.

• Uchiha Madara ordered Zetsu to find a way to eliminate Oyashiro En, then said he was ready to leave his hiding place.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo told the clan heads to clear Explosive Tags from the academy, prepare for relocation, and submit a funding request five times higher than their calculated needs.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo promised to divide half the funding equally among the clans, while Takemoto Masamasa and Kawaigawa Aonobu declined their shares.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo set limits on which Ninjutsu could be taught, required fees for instruction, and banned students from privately teaching techniques.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo directed the clans to organize academy rules, student missions, and commission rates, then explained that the Daimyo would handle recruitment and influence graduate assignments.

Shiraishi Yoshijo brought the clan heads to the capital to negotiate the Ninja Military Academy with Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Daimyo. After Konoha delayed the talks and a Daimyo official provoked him, Shiraishi Yoshijo killed the man, then faced Hiruzen Sarutobi as the negotiations finally began.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo assigned the clans’ ninja to Academy missions and told the clan heads to form an elders’ council and arrange their own benefits.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo and four clan heads traveled to the capital, where they waited all day before learning the talks had been postponed until the next day.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo rejected the maidservants at his lodging, while the clan heads spent the night with them and arrived the next morning with dark circles under their eyes.
• When a reception official invoked the Daimyo while summoning them, Shiraishi Yoshijo killed him with Lightning Flash and told the Ishikura clan head to inform the guards the man had acted maliciously.
• The Daimyo sent a new official to summon the delegation, and Shiraishi Yoshijo entered the meeting hall, where he and Hiruzen Sarutobi traded accusations over the delay, the killing, and Konoha’s losses.

The Daimyo tried to mediate the conflict between Shiraishi Yoshijo and Konoha, offering Shiraishi a palace and legal status in exchange for peace. Sarutobi Hiruzen countered with a demand for 5.6 billion, leaving the Daimyo facing an immense financial burden and Shiraishi impressed by Hiruzen’s strategy.

• The Daimyo opened talks, but Shiraishi Yoshijo and Sarutobi Hiruzen’s silence made the meeting awkward.
• Danzo accused Shiraishi Yoshijo of betraying Konoha and the Land of Fire, while the Fukuyama clan head defended him and challenged Danzo’s claims.
• The Daimyo proposed giving Shiraishi a palace for a Ninja Military Academy and compensating Konoha, but Konoha’s officials accused Shiraishi of ties to hostile forces.
• Danzo presented intelligence against Shiraishi, and the clan heads rejected it as unsupported while the Daimyo asked Sarutobi Hiruzen for his response.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen presented a document requesting 5.6 billion for casualties, reconstruction, increased funding, and a war against the Land of Wind.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo revised his own compensation request from 2.1 billion to 3.1 billion and recognized Hiruzen’s large demand as a way to pressure the Daimyo.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shiraishi Yoshijo, and the Daimyo clashed over war, funding, and Konoha's Forbidden Jutsu Scroll. The Daimyo ordered Shiraishi Yoshijo to attack the Land of Lightning, cut both men's requested funds in half, and heard Hiruzen demand the scroll's return.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen called Shiraishi Yoshijo a traitor and proposed that he prove his loyalty by attacking the Land of Lightning.
• The Daimyo agreed that Shiraishi Yoshijo should attack the Land of Lightning, and Shiraishi Yoshijo presented a request for 3.1 billion ryo.
• The Daimyo ordered Shiraishi Yoshijo to win his campaign and told Sarutobi Hiruzen to bring news of victory from the Land of Wind, while cutting their requested funds in half.
• The Daimyo warned Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shiraishi Yoshijo not to fight secretly after receiving payment.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen demanded that Shiraishi Yoshijo return Konoha's Forbidden Jutsu Scroll, while Shiraishi Yoshijo blamed Danzo for trading him forbidden techniques and Danzo denied it.

Shiraishi Yoshijo clashed with Sarutobi Hiruzen over forbidden jutsu and Danzo’s accusations, then negotiated with the Daimyo about war against Kumogakure and the Ninja Military Academy. The Daimyo agreed to fund preparations but reserved control over the academy’s ideological education.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo accused Danzo of orchestrating the Seven-Tails attack, while Danzo denied the charges and blamed Shiraishi Yoshijo.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen warned Shiraishi Yoshijo not to spread Konoha’s forbidden jutsu and threatened him, then left the palace.
• The Daimyo asked whether Shiraishi Yoshijo was near death, and Shiraishi Yoshijo dismissed the claim.
• Yamamoto Kagemori questioned an extra billion in Shiraishi Yoshijo’s budget, and Shiraishi Yoshijo said it was for strategic supplies for the Kumogakure war.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo requested six months to prepare for war, and the Daimyo promised half of Kumogakure’s war reparations if he defeated the Raikage.
• The Daimyo said he would manage recruitment and control ideological education at the Ninja Military Academy, while Shiraishi Yoshijo would train the recruits in ninja skills.

Shiraishi Yoshijo and the Daimyo disputed control, training, and funding for the ninja academy before reaching a compromise. The Daimyo then abruptly brought up Shiraishi Yoshijo’s deceased fiancée and urged him to start a family.

• The Daimyo explained that he wanted academy ninja trained to serve him and demanded that selected graduates be trained into jonin.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo argued that the academy could only train ninja up to chunin and proposed letting graduates choose between military service and further study as freelance ninja.
• The Daimyo rejected freelance ninja and insisted that academy graduates serve in his military, while Shiraishi Yoshijo warned that forcing them into service could create a bloated force of mediocre ninja.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo demanded that the academy earn money through missions, and the Daimyo agreed that it could accept missions from his appointed officials in exchange for a seventy-thirty profit split.
• The Daimyo asked Shiraishi Yoshijo to teach selected people forbidden techniques, but Shiraishi Yoshijo refused and secured authority over the academy’s operations.
• The Daimyo accepted Shiraishi Yoshijo’s conditions for academy supervision, then told him it was time to start a family because his fiancée had died in battle.

Shiraishi Yoshijo agreed to the Daimyo’s plan to marry Yuexiang, then discovered that Aya had been abducted. He found Uchiha Madara waiting for him and escaped with Aya after Madara attacked her.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo accepted the Daimyo’s proposed marriage to Yuexiang, but suspected the Daimyo intended to use her to control the academy.
• Mie told Shiraishi Yoshijo that Aya was missing and gave him a note with an address.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo reprimanded the clan heads for failing to guard Aya, then followed the note to a valley in the northern Land of Fire.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo found Aya tied to a pillar and learned that the aged stranger was Uchiha Madara, who wanted his ability to restore people to their youth.
• Uchiha Madara absorbed Shiraishi Yoshijo’s Five-Wheel Spears, then impaled Aya with wooden spears when Shiraishi Yoshijo dismissed her as a hostage.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo sent butterflies against Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo, rescued the nearly dying Aya, and escaped.

Shiraishi Yoshijo rescued Aya and removed the Cursed Seal from her heart, then returned to fight Uchiha Madara. Madara overwhelmed him with Limbo and black rods, leaving Shiraishi Yoshijo struggling to find a way to counter his abilities.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo saved Aya, restored her appearance, and removed the Cursed Seal from her heart before leaving her in Chobyakucho.
• Uchiha Madara waited in the valley, confident Shiraishi Yoshijo would return, and realized his Cursed Seal had failed.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo returned and attacked Madara, shattering his Susanoo with a single punch.
• Madara struck Shiraishi Yoshijo with Limbo: Border Jail, and Shiraishi Yoshijo entered Fusion Mode to endure the attacks.
• Madara used four shadows to beat Shiraishi Yoshijo for five minutes, then pierced him with black rods that disrupted his Chakra and ended Fusion Mode.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo charged Madara again at extreme speed, but his attacks proved futile.

Shiraishi Yoshijo fought Uchiha Madara but neither could defeat the other, and Madara failed to persuade him to cooperate. After the battle left Shiraishi badly depleted, he moved his allies to the overseas Base Camp, while Madara ordered Zetsu to investigate Shiraishi’s plans.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo and Uchiha Madara fought until both were exhausted, then paused and discussed Madara’s offer to cooperate.
• Shiraishi refused to work with Madara, challenged his strength, and Madara vanished after threatening to force him to cooperate.
• Shiraishi returned home, coughed up blood, and learned from Cheng that his depleted vitality and damaged cells required at least a year of rest.
• Shiraishi decided Chobyakucho was no longer safe and brought Mie, Takemoto Masamasa, and Kawaigawa Aonobu to the overseas Base Camp.
• Madara recovered in his underground hideout and ordered Zetsu to eliminate Oyashiro En and investigate the plans of the Hana Organization’s leader, Diyu.

After arriving at Base Camp, Shiraishi Yoshijo learned that Anna knew about his relationships with Rie and other women, while Rie discussed Taoyuan Village’s growing pressures and finances with him. He warned Rie that Uchiha Madara had nearly killed him and ordered her to cut the village’s outside connections, then grew concerned when she mentioned two Uchiha siblings gathering intelligence.

• Chizuru arrested the six women on Rie’s orders and confronted Shiraishi Yoshijo about breaking the village’s monogamy law.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo learned that Chizuru had followed him and told Takemoto Anna about his relationship with Rie.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo met Rie, apologized, and heard that Taoyuan Village had over twenty thousand residents, more than six thousand orphans, and dwindling funds.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo promised Rie five hundred million from the Land of Fire’s fiscal funding and explained his plan to bring reluctant ninja clans to the village later.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo ordered Rie to withdraw Taoyuan Village’s people from outside connections because someone was searching for him, then revealed that Uchiha Madara had left him seriously injured.
• Rie told Shiraishi Yoshijo that two Uchiha siblings in the village had been gathering intelligence, and he immediately grew concerned.

Shiraishi Yoshijo discussed the village’s growing ninja population and met with Takemoto Anna after returning from a six-month absence. Anna confronted him about his other relationships, and their reunion ended in an argument as he spanked her.

• Rie told Shiraishi Yoshijo that the village’s factories were profitable but its nearly four thousand ninja lacked enough work and funding.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo learned that Chizuru had divided the Police Force into specialized units and sent its members to meet Anna at the palace.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo and Rie spent time together, then went to the palace to see Anna.
• Uzumaki Kushina angrily rejected Shiraishi Yoshijo’s reminder that he had saved her from becoming a Jinchuriki.
• Takemoto Anna confronted Shiraishi Yoshijo about his time with other women, and he picked her up and spanked her as they argued.

Shiraishi Yoshijo and Takemoto Anna reconciled over his other relationships and the Daimyo’s planned marriage, then discussed growing tensions between the Shide Clan and the Kawaigawa Clan. Anna urged him to address the village’s power imbalance and bring Kawadome into his household, leaving Shiraishi Yoshijo resigned to another complicated marriage.

• Anna stopped struggling after Shiraishi Yoshijo apologized, and she asked him to marry her.
• Anna confronted Shiraishi Yoshijo about his other women and the Daimyo’s daughter; he said he cared about Anna most and explained that the marriage was tied to securing money for the village.
• Anna told Shiraishi Yoshijo that Mie would be the housekeeper and that she had settled arrangements for the other women, then bit his neck and warned him not to interfere when she tormented them.
• Anna told Shiraishi Yoshijo that the Shide Clan’s dominance was angering the Kawaigawa Clan and that some members wanted to restore their clan grounds.
• Anna advised Shiraishi Yoshijo to reassure Kawaigawa Aonobu and bring Kawadome into his household, suggesting he marry both Anna and Kawadome.

Shiraishi Yoshijo reviewed Taoyuan Village’s mismanaged departments and concluded that its flawed system, rather than Rie alone, was to blame. After examining documents for five days, he summoned Kawaigawa Aonobu, Takemoto Masamasa, and Oyashiro En to discuss changes to the village’s power structure.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo told Rie that weak oversight and unchecked authority had caused serious problems across several departments, then asked her to gather records and secretly investigate them.
• Kawaigawa Aonobu confronted Shiraishi Yoshijo over Rie monitoring his clansmen and demanded an explanation, and Shiraishi Yoshijo promised one within three days.
• Rie brought stacks of departmental documents to Shiraishi Yoshijo, who spent five days reviewing them while Kawaigawa Aonobu waited for answers.
• After considering the village’s problems, Shiraishi Yoshijo arranged a meeting with Kawaigawa Aonobu and Takemoto Masamasa and summoned Oyashiro En, whose influence over commoners and village finances made him essential to any redistribution of power.

Shiraishi Yoshijo reviewed the village departments’ finances and learned how personal connections undermined the rules. He proposed new oversight and outlined his plan to found a nation, while Oyashiro En argued that refugees could rapidly expand the population and provide cheap labor.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo confronted Oyashiro En over the Ministry of Industry and Commerce’s losses, and Oyashiro En explained how taxes and personal ties shaped the department’s decisions.
• Oyashiro En revealed that people with connections received preferential treatment across departments, prompting Kawaigawa Aonobu to recognize why his clansmen had been shut out.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo decided not to punish past misconduct and proposed a council of elders and a Chief Minister to oversee the village.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo announced that he would found a nation once the population reached one hundred thousand and would be its only emperor, drawing objections from Rie and Takemoto Masamasa.
• Oyashiro En argued that war would create millions of refugees and suggested bringing them in as cheap labor, while Shiraishi Yoshijo questioned whether that meant exploiting them.

Shiraishi Yoshijo restructured the village’s government, appointing Kawaigawa Aonobu as its first Minister of General Affairs and placing several departments under new leadership. He arranged to move Rie into the palace and considered how to keep his clan from abusing its growing influence.

• Oyashiro En proposed making newcomers serve the village before becoming residents, and Shiraishi Yoshijo extended the plan into a five-year progression of work, wages, and eventual homeownership.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo established the roles of emperor, Minister of General Affairs, and elders, then appointed Kawaigawa Aonobu to the first ministerial term before future elections.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo reassigned department heads, put Oyashiro En in charge of Finance and Takemoto Masamasa in charge of Supervision, and warned Kawaigawa Aonobu against violent clan rivalries.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo told Oyashiro En to safeguard Hana Organization’s accounts and arranged for Rie to receive twenty percent of all net income as private money.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo told Rie to move into the palace and help select clan members for the Anbu, then reflected that the Anbu could keep his increasingly arrogant clansmen in check.

Shiraishi Yoshijo oversaw Taoyuan Village’s rapid expansion while developing the Star Absorption Technique, then agreed to accompany Long to Iwagakure to help him retrieve his childhood sweetheart. Several Hana Organization members volunteered to join, and the group prepared to go at Long’s insistence.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo appointed Kawaigawa Aonobu as Minister of General Affairs, expanded Taoyuan Village, and established the guard corps and secret Anbu.
• The village grew to seventy thousand people, leaving Kawaigawa Aonobu struggling with its finances while Shiraishi Yoshijo avoided paying for his castle.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo expanded his Star Absorption Technique research team, accelerating progress on the technique.
• Long confronted Shiraishi Yoshijo for delaying their trip to Iwagakure and demanded they leave immediately to retrieve his childhood sweetheart.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo called a Hana Organization meeting, where Uchiha Reika and Uchiha Meitaku agreed to accompany Long, along with the other members except Oyashiro En.

Long learned that Kitsuchi was pursuing Michun and set out for Iwagakure, determined to see her and take her away. Shiraishi Yoshijo prepared the Hana Organization for Long’s arrival and revealed details about his plans for the Ninja Military Academy before the group continued waiting.

• Oyashiro En told Long that Kitsuchi had cared for Michun while escorting her between Iwagakure and Sunagakure, and Long vowed to see her and take her away even if she refused.
• Diyu arranged for Tengui to travel with Long to Iwagakure and said the others could teleport there after they arrived; Tanigawa Akira told Shiraishi Yoshijo he wanted to use the chaos to move his family out of Iwagakure.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo told Anna and Kawadome he was going to Iwagakure and might be away when the organization went to war with Kumogakure.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo gathered Hana Organization members in the outer castle and waited for Long to contact them.
• Uchiha Reika questioned Shiraishi Yoshijo about the Ninja Military Academy and his possible marriage to the Daimyo’s daughter, prompting him to warn the Uchiha siblings against causing trouble.

Long returned to Iwagakure with Tengui to find Michun and take her away. He reunited with her, but she confronted him for secretly following her while she endured the consequences of his actions.

• Long and Tengui flew toward Iwagakure, and Long vowed to find Michun while blaming Ōnoki and his son for her troubles.
• Long dropped clay butterfly bombs on guards near the village, then he and Tengui infiltrated Iwagakure as Shiraishi Yoshijo watched them through water mirrors.
• Long found Michun at his former home and revealed his identity; they tearfully reunited.
• Michun pulled Long and Tengui inside to avoid being spotted, then warned Long that Iwagakure considered him a rogue ninja.
• Long asked Michun to leave with him, but she slapped him for having followed her from the sky while she suffered in silence.