Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kō and Chiyo agreed to establish a mutual trade market between Konoha and Sunagakure, while Nara Rokumei set proposed prices for water and food. Back in Sunagakure, Chiyo told Kazekage Hayashi and Ebizo that Pakura had become Konoha’s Four-Tails Jinchūriki and that trade could ease the village’s shortages, though the final prices remained uncertain.

• Uchiha Kō and Chiyo discussed trade terms and agreed to sign a contract near Mt. Kikyo one week later.
• Uchiha Kō praised Uchiha Izuna and Pakura, then asked Hatake Sakumo to summon Nara Rokumei for a meeting.
• Nara Rokumei proposed selling water and food to Sunagakure at twice their Land of Fire prices, and Uchiha Kō approved his recommendation.
• Uchiha Kō returned home and embraced Tsunade, while Chiyo led Sunagakure’s forces back to the village.
• Chiyo told Kazekage Hayashi and Ebizo that Pakura was Konoha’s Four-Tails Jinchūriki and warned them they could not bring her back.
• Chiyo announced that Konoha had agreed to mutual trade, but cautioned Hayashi and Ebizo that the prices had not yet been finalized.

The Land of Wind's Daimyo tried to stop Sunagakure's planned trade with Konoha after learning it threatened his profits from selling water. His envoy failed to persuade the Land of Fire's Daimyo to intervene, leaving the trade plan unrestrained for now.

• A Sunagakure ninja reported Uchiha Kō's mutual trade proposal to the Land of Wind's Daimyo and received water and bread as a reward.
• The Land of Wind's Daimyo rejected Counselor 3's call for war, ordered him beaten, and approved Counselor 1's plan to seek help from the Land of Fire's Daimyo.
• The Daimyo adopted Counselor 2's proposal to lower water prices as a backup, though the other officials resented the idea of reduced profits.
• The Land of Wind's envoy arrived at the Land of Fire with five chests of treasure and asked the Daimyo to stop Konoha's trade with Sunagakure.
• After learning the Land of Wind had been exploiting its own citizens, the Land of Fire's Daimyo refused to interfere and sent the envoy away without accepting the treasure.

The Fire Daimyo rejected the Wind Country envoy’s demand and informed Uchiha Kō about the Wind Country’s water profiteering and Konoha’s planned trade with Sunagakure. Uchiha Kō and the Fire Daimyo reaffirmed their alliance, while Tsunade and Uchiha Kō shared a quiet evening and began the next morning together at home.

• The Fire Daimyo refused to intervene for the Wind Daimyo, telling the envoy to approach Uchiha Kō or lower the Wind Country’s prices.
• The Fire Daimyo called Uchiha Kō, explained the Wind Country’s resale of water at exorbitant prices, and told him about the impending trade with Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Kō welcomed the Fire Daimyo’s support and promised to send him a new triple-folding phone, and they exchanged praise during a long call.
• The Fire Daimyo considered granting Tsunade’s unborn child a royal title and emphasized how Konoha and the Land of Fire relied on each other.
• Uchiha Kō and Tsunade shared dinner and went to sleep together, with Tsunade resting his hand on her belly.
• The next morning, Uchiha Kō prepared breakfast and stayed close as Tsunade insisted on walking to the table by herself.

Uchiha Kō and Nara Rokumei agreed to prioritize trade and a military alliance with Sunagakure over pleasing the Land of Wind's Daimyo. In Kirigakure, Karatachi Yagura learned that Ao had taken a Byakugan and sent Suikazan Fuguki to bring him in, leaving Ao braced for a possible confrontation at his door.

• Uchiha Kō discussed the Land of Wind's Daimyo's exploitation of Sunagakure with Nara Rokumei, and they decided to pursue mutual trade with Sunagakure and disregard the Daimyo.
• Uchiha Kō told Nara Rokumei to inform Sunagakure's representatives about the Daimyo's actions and to alert him if the Daimyo made a move.
• In Kirigakure, Karatachi Yagura asked Suikazan Fuguki about the shinobi who had stolen a Byakugan, learned his name was Ao, and ordered Suikazan Fuguki to bring him in.
• Suikazan Fuguki went to Ao's home, where Ao hid his Byakugan beneath an eyepatch and approached the door in a combat-ready state.

Suikazan Fuguki defeated Ao after Ao attacked him, then explained how Kirigakure had learned about his Byakugan and persuaded him that he should have reported it to the Mizukage. Suikazan brought Ao to the Mizukage’s office, where Ao prepared to meet the Mizukage.

• Ao attacked Suikazan Fuguki with kunai and Water Release, but Samehada absorbed his water technique.
• Ao used his Byakugan and taijutsu against Suikazan, but Suikazan restrained him with his hair.
• Suikazan told Ao that Kirigakure’s intelligence division had discovered his Byakugan and convinced him that hiding it had been a mistake.
• Ao thanked Suikazan and followed him to the Mizukage’s office building.
• Suikazan advised Ao to mind his manners when meeting the Mizukage, and Ao agreed.

Karatachi Yagura appointed Qing head of Kirigakure’s Intelligence Division after learning he had transplanted a Byakugan, and gave him the Coral Palm scroll. The chapter left Yagura relying on Suikazan Fuguki to train Qing while privately weighing the motives of both men.

• Qing nervously met Karatachi Yagura, showed him his transplanted Byakugan, and accepted the appointment as head of the Intelligence Division.
• Qing professed loyalty to Kirigakure and Yagura, who gave him a Coral Palm scroll and sent him to fetch Suikazan Fuguki.
• Suikazan Fuguki reported that Qing’s family background was clean and that he was not a Konoha spy.
• Karatachi Yagura asked Suikazan Fuguki to teach Qing intelligence work and paid him a 300,000-ryō bonus.
• After Suikazan Fuguki left, Karatachi Yagura said he considered greed for money less suspicious than wanting nothing.

Hyuga Hiashi told Uchiha Kō that a Hyuga main-family member had died and a Byakugan had been stolen, so Kō agreed to retrieve it in exchange for Hiashi supporting the abolition of the branch family system and Caged Bird. Kō traveled to Kirigakure and announced that he had come to meet Mizukage Karatachi Yagura.

• Hyuga Hiashi reported that a dead main-family member had lost one Byakugan, and villagers had identified a Kirigakure forehead protector nearby.
• Uchiha Kō offered to retrieve the Byakugan if Hiashi supported abolishing the branch family system and lifting the Caged Bird.
• Hiashi agreed to support the change, and Kō asked him to pretend publicly that he had approved it and direct any objectors to Kō.
• Uchiha Kō used the Flying Thunder God to reach Kirigakure's docks and walked to the village entrance.
• Uchiha Kō introduced himself to the guards as Konoha's Hokage and waited for Mizukage Karatachi Yagura.

Uchiha Kō confronted Karatachi Yagura over Kirigakure’s theft of a Byakugan and used his Rinnegan to uncover Ao’s involvement. After Ao tried to flee, Uchiha Kō captured him and removed the Byakugan, leaving with the eye in hand.

• Guard 1 reported Uchiha Kō’s arrival to Karatachi Yagura, who assembled the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to welcome him.
• Uchiha Kō asked Karatachi Yagura about Kirigakure taking a Byakugan from the Hyuga Clan, but Karatachi Yagura and Suikazan Fuguki initially denied knowing about it.
• Uchiha Kō read Jinin Akebino’s memories and learned that Suikazan Fuguki had brought Ao to the Mizukage Building.
• Suikazan Fuguki led Uchiha Kō and the others to Ao’s hiding place, where Ao recognized Uchiha Kō and attempted to escape.
• Uchiha Kō used Banshō Ten'in to pull Ao back, then removed Ao’s face covering and gouged out his Byakugan.

Uchiha Kō returned the Byakugan to the Hyūga Clan and arrived as Hyuga Hiashi faced resistance from the elders over abolishing the Caged Bird Curse Mark. He challenged the Great Elder’s manners and asked Hiashi whether he would honor his promise.

• Uchiha Kō took Ao’s Byakugan, left Kirigakure, and returned to Konoha while Karatachi Yagura ordered Ao treated and removed from his intelligence post.
• Karatachi Yagura vowed to take revenge on Uchiha Kō, who focused instead on uniting the Hyūga Clan and ending the Caged Bird Curse Mark.
• Hyuga Hiashi argued with Great Elder Hyuga Kyo, Second Elder Hyuga Yun, and Third Elder Hyuga Kaze, who opposed lifting the curse mark.
• Hizashi Hyuga brought Uchiha Kō into the Hyūga compound, where the elders greeted the Hokage respectfully.
• Uchiha Kō showed Hiashi the recovered Byakugan, rebuked Hyuga Kyo for interrupting and trying to take it, and asked Hiashi to honor his promise.

Uchiha Kō backed Hyuga Hiashi as he challenged the Hyuga elders and moved to abolish the Caged Bird Curse Mark. Hizashi Hyuga took a Cage-Breaking Pill and proved it worked, then led the branch family to free themselves while the clan prepared for a clash.

• Hyuga Kyo insulted Hizashi Hyuga and threatened to activate his Caged Bird Curse Mark, so Hyuga Hiashi struck him and defended his brother.
• Uchiha Kō stopped Hizashi from leaving and threatened Hyuga Kyo, then asked Hyuga Hiashi whether he supported his intervention.
• Hyuga Hiashi denounced the Caged Bird Curse Mark as enslavement, asked Uchiha Kō to suppress the elders, and rejected their attempt to remove him as clan head.
• The Great Elder declared Hyuga Hiashi a traitor and summoned the main family, while Hizashi urged the branch family to support Hiashi and resist the elders.
• Uchiha Kō gave Hizashi Cage-Breaking Pills and a scroll; Hizashi took a pill, and the curse mark on his forehead shattered and disappeared.
• Hizashi led the branch family away to take the pills, and branch family members across the clan returned after signal flares were fired.

Uchiha Kō and Hyuga Hiashi confronted the Hyūga elders as branch-family members took the Cage-Breaking Pill and shed their Caged Bird marks. The Third Elder, Hyuga Kaze, then attacked Uchiha Kō, turning the clan dispute into a possible crime against the Hokage.

• Branch-family members rushed to take the Cage-Breaking Pill while representatives of other clans watched from outside the Hyūga compound.
• The Hyūga elders accused Uchiha Kō of interfering in their clan’s affairs, but Uchiha Kō condemned the Caged Bird system and Uchiha Fugaku denounced the main family’s treatment of the branch family.
• Hyuga Hiashi declared that he had invited Uchiha Kō to help remove corrupt forces, and the gathered crowd turned against the three elders for trying to overrule him.
• Branch-family members entered one after another and had their Caged Bird marks removed, ending the distinction between the main and branch families.
• Hyuga Kaze launched an Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm at Uchiha Kō, and Hyuga Kyo and Hyuga Yun realized the attack could implicate the entire Hyūga Clan.

Uchiha Kō stopped Hyuga Kaze’s attack and helped the branch family defeat the main family’s oppressive leadership. Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga abolished the main-branch system and began reorganizing the clan as one united Hyuga.

• Hyuga Kaze attacked Uchiha Kō, but his Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm failed against Uchiha Kō’s Susanoo, and branch family ninjas moved to protect the Hokage.
• Hizashi Hyuga sealed Hyuga Kaze’s chakra pathways, struck him, and ordered the Military Police Force to arrest him after the Cage-Breaking Pill rendered the Caged Bird technique useless.
• Hyuga Kyo and Hyuga Yun surrendered, and Uchiha Kō ordered Hizashi Hyuga to help Hyuga Hiashi govern the clan and abolish the main and branch family titles.
• Hyuga Hiashi removed Hyuga Kyo and Hyuga Yun from their elder positions and confined them to their homes for six months.
• Hyuga Hiashi abolished the inheritance system, opened formerly restricted ninja arts to all clan members, and appointed Hizashi Hyuga Great Elder to share responsibility for the clan.

After Uchiha Kō abolished the Hyūga branch house’s enslaved status, grateful clansmen publicly pledged their support to him, and he returned home to discuss names for his and Tsunade’s coming baby. Meanwhile, Hyuga Kyo and Hyuga Yun accepted their loss of power and surrendered their Elder tokens.

• Uchiha Kō returned to the Hokage Office, where Nara Rokumei praised his intervention in the Hyūga Clan’s conflict with the help of Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hizashi Hyuga and branch house members knelt outside the Hokage Building, thanked Uchiha Kō, and pledged the clan’s support for his rule.
• Uchiha Kō greeted the Hyūga clansmen, shook hands with them, and gently turned down little Hyuga Ling’s offer to marry him.
• Uchiha Kō went home, reassured Tsunade about Hyuga Ling, and suggested Gen or Rou as names for their baby, who was due in a month.
• Hyuga Kyo agreed to follow Hyuga Hiashi’s arrangements, and Hyuga Yun eventually did the same; both surrendered their Elder tokens.

Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga took control of the clan after the Great Elder and Second Elder surrendered their tokens. The next day, Uchiha Itachi sparred with Uchiha Kō and demonstrated his growing skills, while Uchiha Shisui watched.

• Hyuga Qingyun delivered the Great Elder's and Second Elder's tokens to Hyuga Hiashi and reported that they had withdrawn from clan affairs.
• Hyuga Hiashi showed the tokens to Hyuga Akagi and Hizashi Hyuga, and the family celebrated the brothers' new authority over the clan.
• Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui visited Uchiha Kō, and Shisui watched as Itachi began their sparring match.
• Uchiha Itachi used the Body Flicker Technique, Crow Clone Technique, Great Fireball Technique, and Shuriken Manipulation Technique against Uchiha Kō.
• Uchiha Kō blocked Itachi's attacks and praised his performance, declaring that he had passed the test.

Uchiha Kō defeated Uchiha Itachi in a spar, then tested Uchiha Shisui’s perfected Phantom Body Flicker Technique and overcame his strongest attacks. The chapter ended with Kō restoring Shisui’s chakra and stamina as Itachi rushed down to praise him.

• Uchiha Itachi admitted defeat after Uchiha Kō blocked all his attacks, and Kō encouraged him while Uchiha Shisui praised his progress.
• Uchiha Shisui demonstrated how his linked clones coordinated attacks with his Phantom Body Flicker Technique, impressing Uchiha Kō.
• Uchiha Kō used the Blazing Heaven Fan to cut Shisui’s wires and drive his clones back from its golden flames.
• Uchiha Shisui launched a rapid attack with his clones, but Uchiha Kō used his Mangekyō Sharingan to read their movements and burned one clone.
• Uchiha Shisui’s remaining clones attacked for three minutes before his chakra ran out, and Uchiha Kō restored his strength with a green light.
• Uchiha Kō praised Shisui’s skill, and Uchiha Itachi ran down from the stands to celebrate his performance.

Uchiha Kō took Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi to a hot spring after their training and asked them to explain their ninja ways. Their answers revealed a divide over whether to prioritize the Uchiha clan or Konoha, leaving Uchiha Kō to challenge their assumptions.

• Uchiha Kō praised Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi's training, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take them to a hot spring.
• Uchiha Kō paid the hot spring owner directly and asked him to arrange food for the boys, while the owner planned how to impress him.
• Uchiha Kō asked Uchiha Shisui about his ninja way, and Uchiha Shisui said he wanted the Uchiha and Konoha to grow stronger together and to protect both.
• Uchiha Itachi said he wanted to protect the village and hoped it could coexist peacefully with the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Kō asked which side they would support if the clan and village came into conflict; Uchiha Shisui chose the clan, while Uchiha Itachi chose Konoha.
• Uchiha Shisui explained that protecting the clan came first, and Uchiha Itachi realized he had misunderstood Shisui's priorities.

Uchiha Kō and Tsunade welcomed their daughter, Uchiha Rou, after a safe delivery, and the family and elders celebrated her arrival. Tsunade recovered enough to feed Rou and settled for the meal Uchiha Kō prepared while continuing to rest.

• Uchiha Kō anxiously waited outside as Tsunade gave birth, and the hospital deputy director announced that Tsunade was safe and had delivered a girl.
• Uchiha Kō used Resurrection to restore Tsunade, then introduced her to their newborn daughter, Uchiha Rou.
• Uzumaki Mito held Rou while Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Madara, and Uchiha Izuna gathered to see the baby.
• Uchiha Kō brought Rou to Tsunade when the baby grew hungry, and Tsunade breastfed her before she fell asleep again.
• Tsunade asked for meat, and Uchiha Kō agreed to make her vegetable and lean meat porridge.

After Uchiha Rou’s birth, Uchiha Kō cared for Tsunade and took their daughter to the Hokage Building, where her arrival prompted Nara Rokumei to arrange a village banquet. The chapter left Uchiha Kō back home, exhausted and asleep on the sofa while Tsunade fed Rou.

• Uchiha Kō cooked porridge for Tsunade, cared for her and Uchiha Rou overnight, and put their daughter to sleep in a gold stroller.
• Uchiha Rou grabbed Uchiha Kō’s finger the next morning, so he took her with him to the Hokage Building.
• Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna reacted angrily to a social media post about someone wanting to marry Rou when she grew up.
• Nara Rokumei persuaded Uchiha Kō to hold a banquet for Rou and offered to have the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka clans organize it.
• Uchiha Kō returned home with Rou, Tsunade took the baby to feed her, and he fell asleep on the sofa.

Uchiha Kō and Nara Rokumei arranged a thousand-table banquet for Uchiha Rou, drawing plans and schemes from leaders across the Five Great Nations. As the celebration approached, Killer B and Gyūki decided to leave Kumogakure and head to Konoha.

• Uchiha Kō agreed with Nara Rokumei to hold a thousand-table banquet for Uchiha Rou’s one-month celebration, and news of it spread throughout the Five Great Nations.
• Ōnoki prepared a lavish gift, while the Daimyo of the Land of Wind ordered rotten food sent to the banquet; Advisor 1 encouraged the plan and arranged for Advisor 2 to be beaten after he objected.
• Kazekage Hayashi decided to travel to Konoha with Sasori and gifts, while Third Raikage A planned to use the banquet as cover to seize Hyuga Byakugan and left Killer B behind to guard Kumogakure.
• Killer B told Gyūki he wanted to leave Kumogakure, and they agreed to depart for Konoha during the banquet, leaving a Shadow Clone to protect the village.

Karatachi Yagura agreed to send Kirigakure’s delegation to Uchiha Rou’s full-month banquet, while Ōnoki prepared Iwagakure’s gifts and Uchiha Kō arranged security in Konoha. After learning that the Land of Wind’s Daimyo planned to send rotten fruit to insult the celebration, Kō ordered the envoys beaten and warned that he would visit the Daimyo himself.

• Suikazan Fuguki persuaded Karatachi Yagura and Kirigakure’s elders to attend the banquet with an elaborate gift, and Yagura tasked Fuguki with handling Ao’s resignation request.
• Ōnoki approved Kitsuchi’s lavish gifts for the banquet and felt reassured by his son’s growing maturity.
• Uchiha Kō learned from Nara Rokumei that all four great hidden villages planned to attend and ordered Orochimaru to install cameras throughout Konoha.
• Nara Rokumei told Uchiha Kō that the Land of Wind’s Daimyo planned to send rotten fruit as an insult at Uchiha Rou’s banquet.
• Uchiha Kō ordered the Land of Wind’s envoys beaten publicly and said he would personally visit the Daimyo after the banquet.