Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kō concealed his anger from Tsunade and their daughter while ordering Nara Rokumei to prepare a takeover of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind’s residence. By dawn, Konoha’s Ino-Shika-Cho Anbu had replaced the guards, and adviser Xinye began to suspect the residence was under Konoha’s control.

• Uchiha Kō returned home, hid his anger from Tsunade, and spent a warm evening with her and Uchiha Rou.
• Uchiha Kō told Nara Rokumei to keep the Anbu undercover and intercept the Daimyo’s delegation before it entered Konoha.
• Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Yu began replacing the Daimyo’s guards, using transformation and memory-reading techniques to infiltrate the residence.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind continued drinking with women, unaware that Konoha ninja had replaced all one hundred guards before dawn.
• Adviser Xinye noticed the guards seemed different and feared that Konoha had taken control of the residence.

The Land of Wind Daimyo ordered a rotten gift sent to Uchiha Kō’s daughter’s one-month celebration, while Konoha planned to expose and punish the plot. Uchiha Fugaku arrested the envoys at the border and brought the evidence back to Konoha.

• At a meeting, the Land of Wind Daimyo overruled Xinye and ordered an envoy to deliver a box of rotten meat and spoiled fruit to Uchiha Kō’s daughter’s celebration.
• Xinye suspected the Daimyo’s guards had been replaced by Konoha ninja and kept quiet about what he had noticed.
• Nara Rokumei reported the meeting to Uchiha Kō, who ordered Anbu to arrest the residence’s people and Yamanaka Inoichi to interrogate them before Konoha’s ninja bound the Daimyo.
• Nara Rokumei told Uchiha Fugaku that the envoys posed a threat, and Fugaku mobilized more than three hundred Military Police Force members to intercept them.
• At the Land of Fire border, Fugaku’s subordinates opened the box and found rotten meat, putrid flesh, and maggots; Fugaku arrested the envoys and ordered the physical evidence preserved.

Uchiha Kō exposed how Konoha had taken control of the Land of Wind Daimyo’s residence and won Qianmu Xuanguang’s cooperation by protecting his family. Qianmu agreed to take part in Uchiha Kō’s plan, leaving the prison determined to turn against the Daimyo.

• Uchiha Fugaku brought the Land of Wind envoys to Konoha’s prison, where Uchiha Kō and Nara Rokumei arrived to question them.
• Uchiha Kō and Nara Rokumei pretended that the prison surveillance was broken, making the envoy fear that his interrogation would be abusive and unrecorded.
• Uchiha Kō identified the envoy as Qianmu Xuanguang and explained that the Land of Wind Daimyo had threatened his wife and children.
• Uchiha Kō revealed that his men had replaced the guards at the Daimyo’s residence and were protecting Qianmu Xuanguang’s family.
• Qianmu Xuanguang agreed to cooperate with Uchiha Kō’s plan, and Yamanaka Inoichi used the Mind Reading Technique to extract his memories.
• Uchiha Fugaku arranged to treat Qianmu Xuanguang well, while Qianmu left the prison hating the Daimyo for threatening his family.

Uchiha Kō welcomed visiting leaders to his daughter’s full-month celebration and reunited warmly with Kazekage Hayashi and his son Sasori. When a Kumogakure envoy caused trouble at Konoha’s gate, Uchiha Kō ordered Aburame Ikki and Inuzuka Hayakumo to teach him a lesson.

• Utatane Koharu respectfully received the Daimyo of the Land of Grass and the Grass Shadow of Kusagakure, then escorted them to an inn.
• Uchiha Kō and Konoha’s leaders welcomed the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, and Uchiha Kō escorted him to the VIP reception area.
• Kazekage Hayashi arrived with his eight-year-old son Sasori, who greeted Uchiha Kō and asked to be held.
• Uchiha Kō picked up Sasori, then let him down when Hayashi said it was time to go.
• A Kumogakure envoy shouted at Konoha’s gate guards, and Uchiha Kō ordered Aburame Ikki and Inuzuka Hayakumo to teach him a lesson.

At Uchiha Rou’s one-month celebration, Kumogakure’s envoy provoked Konoha, but the Third Raikage forced him to apologize after Uchiha Kō stopped Young Lord A from killing Inuzuka Hayakumo. Later, the Land of Wind’s envoy brought rotten gifts to the village gates and claimed the Daimyo had sent them to insult the celebration, leaving Konoha’s guards to reconsider their attack.

• Uchiha Kō ordered Aburame Ikki and Inuzuka Hayakumo to attack Kumogakure’s envoy, but Young Lord A intervened and attacked Hayakumo.
• Uchiha Kō’s golden chakra cloak repelled Young Lord A, and the Third Raikage caught his injured son before slapping the envoy and demanding that he apologize to Uchiha Kō.
• The Third Raikage denied ordering the envoy’s provocation, then took his delegation to an ordinary inn while secretly hoping to seize the Hyūga Clan’s Byakugan that night.
• Uchiha Kō welcomed Kirigakure’s Mizukage Karatachi Yagura and Suikazan Fuguki, then escorted Ōnoki, Kitsuchi, and Deidara to the VIP inn.
• Qianmu Xuanguang brought boxes of rotten meat and spoiled fruit to Konoha’s gates as gifts from the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, prompting Aburame Ikki and Inuzuka Hayakumo to prepare to attack.
• Nara Rokumei stopped the guards and asked Qianmu Xuanguang to explain; the envoy claimed the Daimyo had sent the rotten gifts to take revenge on Uchiha Kō.

Uchiha Kō accepted the Wind envoys’ testimony against their Daimyo and ordered Nara Rokumei to begin an operation against him after midnight. At Ichiraku Ramen, Kō overheard Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato discussing gifts for his daughter’s full-month celebration, while Jiraiya realized the Hokage had been sitting nearby.

• Nara Rokumei questioned Qianmu Xuanguang, who accused the Land of Wind’s Daimyo of taking his subjects’ wives and eliminating former envoys’ families.
• Uchiha Kō promised to protect the envoys’ families, ordered the delegation and evidence taken into custody, and told Nara Rokumei to prepare a reckoning with the Daimyo.
• Nara Rokumei called Nara Shikaku and told him to secure the Daimyo after midnight, then he and Uchiha Kō went to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Yahiko planned to give rice seeds, Konan offered ten thousand Explosive Tags, and Nagato presented a piece of fire-nature Chakra Metal as gifts for Uchiha Kō’s daughter.
• Jiraiya recognized Uchiha Kō after the Hokage and Nara Rokumei left Ichiraku, then wondered whether Kō had heard their conversation.

Nara Rokumei discovered that Kumogakure planned to exploit Uchiha Rou’s one-month celebration to target the Hyūga and seize the Byakugan, so Uchiha Kō sent a powerful clone to watch them. The banquet began with Kō’s performance of “Blue Bird,” which stirred the crowd, while the celebration and its midnight choosing ceremony lay ahead.

• Uchiha Kō returned to the Hokage Building with Nara Rokumei, who took charge of security for the celebration.
• Nara Rokumei used surveillance footage to uncover Kumogakure scouts mapping routes and watching Hyūga members, then informed Uchiha Kō of their suspected plan to seize the Byakugan.
• Uchiha Kō sent a Shadow Clone containing eighty percent of his chakra to monitor Kumogakure while he stayed with Tsunade.
• Uchiha Kō opened the full-moon banquet, announced performances by Konoha’s clans, and promised to bring Uchiha Rou out for a choosing ceremony at midnight.
• Uzumaki Mito held Uchiha Rou and doted on her as the banquet guests gathered.
• Uchiha Kō launched the performances by singing “Blue Bird,” prompting the crowd, including Hyūga branch-family members, to cheer wildly.

Uchiha Kō watched Madara, Izuna, and Fugaku captivate the crowd with their dance, then joined Tsunade and held their daughter during the celebration. As Kō’s plan against Kumogakure began, his Wood Clone incapacitated a ninja and ordered the Anbu to capture the rest.

• Uchiha Kō introduced the Uchiha Boy Band, and Madara, Izuna, and Fugaku performed a dance that thrilled the audience.
• Uchiha Kō left hosting duties to Nara Rokumei and sat beside Tsunade, where they held hands and talked.
• Uchiha Rou crawled across the table to Uchiha Kō, who held her as she fell asleep against his chest.
• Uchiha Kō received an update from Yamanaka Unkai and confirmed that Kumogakure’s ninjas were moving as planned.
• Uchiha Kō’s Wood Clone attacked a Kumogakure ninja, broke his limbs without spilling blood, and told the Anbu to take him away and pursue the others.

Uchiha Kō’s Wood Clone stopped Young Lord A from attacking a Hyuga couple, then defeated the Third Raikage when he intervened. The Raikage submitted and swept the blood from Konoha’s floor while news of his humiliation spread through the banquet and across Konoha.

• The Wood Clone tracked down Young Lord A as he attacked a Hyuga couple and broke his arm, forcing him to amputate it to stop the bleeding.
• Young Lord A pleaded with Uchiha Kō, but the Hyuga couple accused him of trying to steal their Byakugan and assault the woman.
• The Wood Clone stomped Young Lord A into the ground, and the Third Raikage arrived and attacked with Three-Finger Nukite.
• The Wood Clone blocked the attack with Susanoo, pierced the Third Raikage’s chest, and spared both Raikage and his son on the condition that the Raikage clean the blood.
• An Anbu posted the Raikage’s punishment on social media, and the story spread through the banquet while the Kumogakure delegation was captured or locked up.

Uchiha Kō’s clone defeated the Third Raikage’s forces and met with Killer B, who wanted to learn how Konoha’s jinchūriki lived. Killer B joined the one-month celebration, where the Tailed Beasts recognized Gyūki and reunited with him.

• Uchiha Kō told Hyuga Hiashi that Kumogakure had targeted the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan and revealed that the involved Kumogakure shinobi were imprisoned.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi decided to raise their payment to Uchiha Kō from five hundred million ryō to one billion, and Senju Nawaki received word of the added funds.
• Uchiha Kō’s Wood Clone charged the Third Raikage six hundred million ryō to release his twelve imprisoned subordinates, and the Raikage learned that Konoha’s cameras had recorded the operation.
• The Wood Clone confronted Killer B, who said he wanted to see how Konoha’s jinchūriki lived, and welcomed him to stay in Konoha.
• The Wood Clone brought Killer B to the celebration, where the Tailed Beasts sensed Gyūki and Shukaku complained that Gyūki’s arrival had pushed him out of second place.

Gyūki told the other Tailed Beasts how Killer B had been mistreated in Kumogakure, and they discussed their improved lives with their jinchūriki in Konoha. Killer B asked Uchiha Kō to take him in, and Uchiha Kō let him stay for a year before deciding whether to join Konoha.

• Gyūki recounted Killer B’s mistreatment in Kumogakure, and the Tailed Beasts agreed that Konoha offered them a better life with food, freedom, and cooperative jinchūriki.
• The chapter described how Pakura, Maruboshi Kosuke, Tsunade, and Shimura Danzō had grown stronger through their bonds with Tailed Beasts.
• Shimura Danzō defeated Sarutobi Hiruzen in a spar and said he would use his strength to protect Konoha, while miniature Shukaku objected to Danzō calling him his son.
• Kurama explained that Matatabi was busy checking accounts with Yugito and Nawaki, then told the Tailed Beasts to listen as Uchiha Kō spoke with Killer B.
• Killer B told Uchiha Kō that he wanted to leave Kumogakure and see how Konoha treated its jinchūriki.
• Uchiha Kō welcomed Killer B for a year of observation and said he could choose afterward whether to stay or leave.

At Uchiha Rou’s full-month celebration, Killer B learned how Konoha treated its jinchūriki and accepted Shimura Danzō’s offer to help teach at the academy. After the banquet ended, Uchiha Kō ordered Nara Rokumei to begin an operation against the Daimyo.

• Killer B heard Shimura Danzō describe the respect Konoha’s villagers showed their jinchūriki and recalled the abuse he had endured in Kumogakure.
• Shimura Danzō invited Killer B to assist with teaching Lightning Release at the academy, and Killer B agreed to try.
• Senju Nawaki and Yugito discussed sharing barbecue and hotpot while continuing their work on the accounts.
• Uchiha Rou chose silver and gold ingots during her choosing ceremony, amusing Uchiha Kō and the banquet guests.
• After the celebration ended, Uchiha Kō called Nara Rokumei and ordered him to take down the Daimyo; Nara Rokumei acknowledged the order and texted his son.

Nara Shikaku and Nara Rokumei led undercover Konoha ninjas in capturing the Land of Wind's Daimyo, while Uchiha Kō prepared to arrive at the residence. The Daimyo was bound and left in Konoha's custody as Uchiha Kō and Nara Rokumei teleported to the Land of Wind.

• Nara Shikaku received Nara Rokumei's signal and led disguised Konoha ninjas to capture the Land of Wind's Daimyo.
• Nara Shikaku revealed his identity, struck the Daimyo, and mocked his threats as Nara Rokumei joined the assault.
• The Daimyo's personal guards were exposed as Konoha ninjas, who had killed the real guards, and Nara Rokumei ordered the Daimyo bound.
• Nara Rokumei gave a cloak to the young woman and sent her home, then told Nara Shikaku to keep watch over the captive.
• Nara Rokumei reported the operation's success to Uchiha Kō, who teleported with him to the Daimyo's residence using a Flying Thunder God Kunai.

Uchiha Kō captured the Daimyo of the Land of Wind and executed him after forcing him to eat the rotten meat and spoiled fruit sent to his daughter's celebration. Xinye discovered the body and announced that he would inherit the Daimyo's position and eliminate his descendants.

• Nara Shikaku led Uchiha Kō and Nara Rokumei to the bound Daimyo of the Land of Wind.
• Uchiha Kō showed the Daimyo Qianmu Xuanguang's testimony and explained that Xinye was waiting for his death.
• Uchiha Kō ordered the Daimyo to eat the rotten meat and spoiled fruit within thirty minutes, but the Daimyo failed to finish them.
• Uchiha Kō beheaded the Daimyo, returned to Konoha with his ninja, and rewarded each of them five hundred thousand taels.
• Xinye found the Daimyo's corpse, whipped and hacked it apart, and declared that he would inherit the position and leave the Daimyo without descendants.

After the daimyo’s death, Xinye seized control of the Land of Wind, eliminating the daimyo’s family and his remaining loyalists. Uchiha Kō received the report in Konoha and was satisfied that events had gone as expected.

• Xinye rejected Hexia Wu’s proposal to appoint the Fourth Young Master, persuaded the ministers to support his own rule, and had Hexia Wu beaten and killed.
• Xinye ordered the court historian to record Hexia Wu as a traitor and took the daimyo’s throne as the ministers pledged their loyalty.
• Xinye ordered He Tu to kill every member of the daimyo’s bloodline and offered officials rewards for exposing the former daimyo’s crimes.
• He Tu reported that the daimyo’s family had been wiped out and handed Xinye the military command seal, but Xinye had him arrested and ordered his execution and the deaths of his family.
• Xinye left the Daimyo’s Residence with the military seal as the officials accepted him as daimyo, while Uchiha Kō received a spy’s report in Konoha and smiled.

After Killer B left Kumogakure and Black Zetsu restored Young Lord A's arm, Black Zetsu prompted Third Raikage A to raise Akatsuki's growing influence with Salamander Hanzō. Hanzō prepared to ambush Akatsuki's leaders, while Yahiko accepted his invitation to negotiate at an abandoned factory, unaware of the danger.

• Third Raikage A failed to restore Young Lord A's severed arm, but Black Zetsu regrew it with chakra.
• Killer B left Kumogakure a letter declaring that he owed the village nothing, and Third Raikage A labeled him an SSS-rank rogue ninja with a ten-billion bounty.
• Black Zetsu urged Third Raikage A to send an envoy to the Land of Rain, prompting Salamander Hanzō to investigate Akatsuki's influence.
• After learning Akatsuki had won the people's support, Salamander Hanzō ordered his forces to lure its three leaders to an abandoned factory and kill them with poison gas.
• Yahiko accepted Hanzō's invitation to negotiate, while Uzumaki Nagato remained uneasy about the remote meeting place.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan went to meet Salamander Hanzō, who captured Konan and forced Nagato to choose between killing Yahiko and letting her die. Yahiko sacrificed himself to save Konan, and Nagato attacked Hanzō in grief, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Salamander Hanzō ordered three hundred ninja to ambush Akatsuki and set a trap by capturing Konan when Yahiko, Nagato, and their group arrived.
• Hanzō demanded that Akatsuki leave the Land of Rain, then offered to release Konan if Nagato killed Yahiko.
• Yahiko urged Nagato to save Konan, but Nagato could not bring himself to stab his friend, so Yahiko forced Nagato's kunai into his own chest.
• Yahiko told Nagato to take Konan and leave, and Hanzō kicked Konan toward Nagato as she mourned Yahiko.
• Nagato told Konan to go while he stayed to avenge Yahiko, then charged at Hanzō with the Body Flicker Technique.

Uzumaki Nagato fought Salamander Hanzō after Yahiko's death, overpowering him with the Rinnegan and summoned beasts. Uchiha Kō arrived before Nagato could kill Hanzō, crushed the Rain ninja under his chakra pressure, and pinned Hanzō down while Nagato mourned that he had come too late to save Yahiko.

• Uzumaki Nagato's corruption level rose, and Uchiha Kō used Flying Thunder God to travel to the Land of Rain.
• Uzumaki Nagato used the Rinnegan and five summoned beasts to defeat Salamander Hanzō and his Salamander, while protecting Konan from the poison.
• Salamander Hanzō admitted defeat and asked Nagato to spare the people of the Land of Rain, but Nagato prepared to kill him.
• Uchiha Kō appeared, learned from Nagato that Yahiko had died, and unleashed enough pressure to crush the Rain ninja and force Hanzō to his knees.
• Uchiha Kō stepped on Salamander Hanzō and said he had come because Akatsuki asked for help, while Nagato silently regretted that Kō had not arrived sooner.

Uchiha Kō healed Yahiko’s fatal wound and brought him back to consciousness, while Nagato restrained Salamander Hanzō. The group reunited and confronted Hanzō about how his rule over the Land of Rain had changed him.

• Uchiha Kō had Konan bring Yahiko’s body to him and used his Resurrection Mangekyo technique to heal Yahiko’s wound and restart his heart.
• Nagato pinned Salamander Hanzō down with black rods, then Yahiko woke and found himself alive; Nagato angrily rebuked him for trying to sacrifice himself.
• The system announced that Nagato’s corruption level had reached zero and rewarded Uchiha Kō with the Golden Rinnegan skill Space Severing.
• Nagato and Konan told Yahiko not to leave them behind again, and Uchiha Kō thanked Yahiko for the rice seeds he had given him.
• Nagato urged Uchiha Kō to decide how to deal with Hanzō, who accepted defeat, and Uchiha Kō accused him of becoming an evil ruler who protected his authority at the Land of Rain’s expense.

Uzumaki Nagato killed Salamander Hanzō and took control of the Land of Rain, while Uchiha Kō returned to Konoha. Eight years later, Uchiha Rou began attending the ninja academy, where Shimura Danzō greeted his grandniece without realizing his microphone was on.

• Uzumaki Nagato killed Salamander Hanzō after asking Yahiko for his judgment, then left with Konan and Yahiko.
• Uchiha Kō told Yahiko to uphold his original ideals, used the Flying Thunder God to return to Konoha, and left the Land of Rain's future to Akatsuki.
• Uzumaki Nagato announced Hanzō's death, accepted the rain ninja's surrender, and became the leader of Akatsuki and the Land of Rain.
• Eight years later, Uchiha Rou started at the ninja academy, while Uchiha Kō worried about her facing the dangers of the ninja world.
• Shimura Danzō spotted Uchiha Rou during the academy assembly and accidentally shouted “My dear niece!” into the microphone.