Chapter Summaries

Shin returned home and reunited with his clingy little maid before reading Akabane Koromo’s reports on the secret northern operation. He considered the dangers of taking Uzumaki Mito from her clan and left himself needing a careful plan.

• Shin returned home, where the little maid rushed into his arms and then prepared his tea and bath.
• After the little maid fell asleep, Shin read two letters from Akabane Koromo reporting that the northern operation was going smoothly and that a third of the selected children had died during the promising training program.
• Shin learned that Xing Ruyu and Xing Ruluo were happy with the names he had given them and were performing well.
• Shin burned the letters and reflected that building his intelligence network would take time, especially while Black Zetsu remained missing.
• Shin considered how difficult it would be to take Uzumaki Mito from her clan and resolved to devise a plan before confronting them.

Shin accepted that he loved Uzumaki Mito and planned to pressure the Uzumaki Clan into ending her engagement to Senju Hashirama, but he remained with the Uchiha while war threatened. After hearing about Shin’s actions at the Onmyo School, Madara ordered a detailed file on Uzumaki Mito.

• Shin recognized that he loved Uzumaki Mito and decided not to coerce her directly, instead planning to make the Uzumaki Clan break off her engagement to Senju Hashirama.
• Shin stayed with the Uchiha because the southern clans were holding back while waiting to see whether the Senju would attack.
• Uchiha Kangyi and Uchiha Siquan reported to Madara that Shin had fought three clan heads at the Onmyo School and protected the Uzumaki Clan.
• Uchiha Kangyi told Madara that Shin and Uzumaki Mito had toured Nanban City together and returned separately the next morning.
• Madara ordered a black-clad ninja to retrieve a detailed file on Uzumaki Mito.

Senju Hashirama refused to join the Southern Three Clans in a war against the Uchiha and defeated Senju Xiangyang when challenged. With war preparations underway, Uchiha Madara gave Shin command of Jonin and disciplinary affairs, but Shin soon handed his duties to Uchiha Kangyi and returned to leisure; the chapter ended with Shin saying Hashirama’s approach would not work.

• Senju Xiangyang confronted Senju Hashirama and demanded a decision about joining the Southern Three Clans against the Uchiha.
• Hashirama declared that the exhausted Senju would stay out of the conflict, then defeated Xiangyang with Wood Style and quashed the elders’ call for war.
• Uchiha Madara assigned Shin command of a third of the Uchiha Jonin and responsibility for disciplinary affairs, giving him three Peak Jonin deputies.
• After three days of handling the growing workload, Shin quit and passed his responsibilities to Uchiha Kangyi.
• Nearly three months later, news of Hashirama’s refusal to fight reached the Uchiha, and Shin said Hashirama’s approach would not work.

Uchiha Shin reflected on Senju Hashirama’s attempt to make peace with the Uchiha while continuing his work on Ninja Scrolls, as news of the Onmyo School’s destruction spread and strengthened his fearsome reputation. With the clans temporarily settled and Madara recovered, Shin was summoned to a high-level meeting with Madara and several elders.

• Shin concluded that Hashirama’s goodwill toward the Uchiha would be mistaken for weakness and could eventually provoke conflict between the Senju and Uchiha.
• Shin continued developing Ninja Scrolls while the Uchiha kept forces in the south and news of the Onmyo School’s destruction spread across the Warring States Period.
• The Southern Three Clans grew more wary of the Uchiha, and Shin’s reputation spread beyond the Land of Fire.
• Madara recovered from his injuries after about half a month and became more reserved and powerful.
• Shin decided it was time to address Mito’s matter and went to meet Madara, only to find him in the Supreme Conference Room with several elders.

Madara and the Uchiha elders teased Shin about his relationship with Uzumaki Mito, then discussed how to deal with her engagement to Senju Hashirama. Shin rejected Madara’s plan to seize Mito by force, leaving the clan to consider another approach.

• Shin arrived at the Supreme Conference Room and found Madara and the elders joking about a future banquet for him.
• Madara asked Shin’s age and brought up his relationship with Uzumaki Mito, whom the Uchiha elders considered a suitable match for him.
• Uchiha Izuna distributed Mito’s file, which revealed her prodigious talent and her engagement to Senju Hashirama since birth.
• Shin admitted that he liked Mito and asked Madara what he should do about her engagement.
• Madara proposed leading Uchiha fighters in a surprise attack to take Mito, but Shin rejected the plan because he knew she would resist being forced.

Shin planned a marriage proposal to Uzumaki Mito, and Madara sent gifts and a letter to the Uzumaki Clan on his behalf. Mito still longed for Shin, and the chapter ended when she learned Uchiha visitors had arrived in her village.

• Shin told Madara to ask for Mito's hand through a formal proposal rather than abducting her.
• Madara prepared a tactful proposal letter and gifts, then sent Uchiha Kangyi and Uchiha Siquan to the Land of Whirlpools.
• Shin asked for Izuna to watch the Senju's movements because he expected peace to end soon.
• Mito sat by the Long River, remembered Shin, and struggled to put him out of her mind.
• A young Uzumaki girl told Mito that Uchiha visitors had arrived, and Mito reacted with surprise.

Uzumaki Mito secretly listened as Uchiha Kangyi delivered the Uchiha Clan’s marriage proposal for her to the Uzumaki Great Elder. The Great Elder rejected it because Mito had been engaged to Senju Hashirama since childhood.

• Mito learned that Uchiha visitors had arrived and went to eavesdrop on their meeting with the Great Elder.
• Mito recognized Uchiha Kangyi and another Peak Jonin as men who had accompanied Shin in Nanban City, and wondered whether Shin had come too.
• Kangyi presented the Great Elder with a letter from the Uchiha clan head.
• Kangyi explained that Shin had fallen in love with Mito and that the Uchiha had come to ask for her hand.
• The Great Elder rejected the proposal, citing Mito’s childhood engagement to Senju Hashirama.

Uchiha Kangyi and his men delivered the Uchiha clan’s marriage proposal to the Uzumaki Clan, but the Great Elder rejected the betrothal gifts and let them leave. After learning that Uzumaki Mito had spent the night with Uchiha Shin, the Great Elder’s anger grew.

• The Uzumaki Great Elder refused the Uchiha marriage proposal, and Uchiha Kangyi warned that Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Shin would come to discuss it in person.
• Uzumaki Gufeng and other Uzumaki fighters surrounded the Uchiha party, but the Great Elder ordered them to stand aside because the Uchiha had helped Gufeng at the Onmyo School.
• The Great Elder returned the Uchiha betrothal gifts, and Uchiha Kangyi led his group out of Uzumaki Village.
• Uzumaki Gufeng asked whether the Great Elder would let the Uchiha leave, and the Great Elder said the clan could not betray its reputation or repay kindness with hostility.
• The Great Elder called Uzumaki Mito out from behind the wall and asked what had happened at the Onmyo School.
• Uzumaki Gufeng told the Great Elder everything he knew, including that Mito and Uchiha Shin had spent the night together, and the Great Elder grew furious.

Mito declared that she wanted to marry Uchiha Shin, but the Uzumaki Great Elder confined her and announced that she would marry Senju Hashirama in half a month. After the Uchiha learned of the wedding, Shin ordered his forces to leave early and publicly set his proposal visit for the same day.

• Mito told the Uzumaki Great Elder she wanted to marry Uchiha Shin, but he rejected her choice and ordered guards to keep her confined.
• The Uzumaki Great Elder decided to send Uchiha Madara's letter to the Senju and announce Mito's marriage to Hashirama in half a month.
• Uchiha Kangyi reported that the Uzumaki had returned the Uchiha gifts but kept Madara's letter, and Shin and Madara prepared for a confrontation.
• The Uchiha mobilized troops and deployed forces in Kazama Valley as news spread that Hashirama would marry Mito.
• After hearing of the wedding, Shin ordered the Uchiha to leave for the Uzumaki Clan early and announced that he would propose to Mito in ten days.

The Senju and Uchiha prepared for a confrontation after both Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Shin announced plans to marry Uzumaki Mito. As Shin’s wedding preparations continued, his maid asked what Mito would be like and whether they would get along.

• Major clans sent spies to the Land of Whirlpools to watch the dispute between the Senju and Uchiha and assess its effect on the balance of power.
• The Chiba, Fuma, and Aburame Clans prepared to attack the Senju and Uchiha if the two clans went to war.
• The Senju grew furious at the Uchiha’s announcement, and Senju Hashirama stopped trying to placate them and accepted their hostile stance toward the Uchiha.
• Senju Hashirama decided to honor his engagement to Uzumaki Mito, both to protect the Senju’s reputation and to support his dream.
• Uchiha Shin confirmed to his maid that he intended to marry Uzumaki Mito, and she asked whether Mito would be difficult to get along with.

Shin and the Uchiha Clan raced to the Land of Whirlpools to reach the Uzumaki before the Senju and take a bride. They arrived at Uzumaki Village and faced the Uzumaki Clan Great Elder, whose hostile reception left the two clans confronting each other.

• Uchiha Madara led a vast wedding procession toward the Land of Whirlpools, and Shin learned that the Senju had already set out and would arrive first.
• Shin used formula-inscribed kunai to help the Uchiha travel at twice their previous pace, prompting Hashirama to order the Senju to hurry as well.
• Five days later, the Uchiha entered the Land of Whirlpools and reached Uzumaki Village about half a day afterward.
• Uchiha Zhan confronted the Uzumaki guards and prepared to use genjutsu on their Jonin leader until the Uzumaki Clan Great Elder arrived.
• Uchiha Madara demanded passage to fetch a bride, and the Great Elder rejected the Uchiha as uninvited guests while Uzumaki shinobi gathered around them.

Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Madara confronted the Uzumaki Great Elder over Mito, while the Uzumaki tried to delay them until the Senju arrived. The Senju then appeared and argued that the Uchiha should follow Uzumaki customs.

• Madara began to threaten the Uzumaki Great Elder, but Shin pulled him back and asked where Mito was.
• The Great Elder refused to let Shin see Mito and claimed she had agreed to marry into the Senju Clan.
• Uchiha Kangyi and the Uchiha showed their Sharingan and pressed the Uzumaki, who hesitated to fight.
• The Great Elder proposed that the groom follow Uzumaki customs, hoping to stall until the Senju arrived.
• Madara rejected the proposal and said the Uchiha would take the bride straight home according to their own customs.
• The Senju arrived and said guests should follow their host's rules.

The Senju arrived to claim their arranged marriage with Mito, bringing Madara and Shin into a tense standoff with Hashirama. Shin challenged the Uzumaki Great Elder for keeping Mito from them and asked whether she had been placed under house arrest.

• The Senju arrived with Hashirama, Tobirama, and a large force, and Hashirama told the Great Elder he had come to fulfill the marriage arrangement.
• Madara accused the Great Elder of treating the Uchiha unfairly, while Hashirama and Shin each declared they would not yield on the marriage.
• Madara and the Senju prepared to fight as the Great Elder weighed whether the Uzumaki should join the Senju against the Uchiha.
• Shin asked whether Mito had been allowed to choose her own marriage and accused the Great Elder of possibly holding her under house arrest.

Xuan demanded to see Uzumaki Mito and threatened the Uzumaki by setting fire to a house, forcing the clans at the village entrance to avoid fighting. Mito learned that the Uchiha and Senju had come to claim her as a bride and went to confront them.

• The Uzumaki Great Elder refused Xuan’s demand, and Uchiha Izuna mocked him.
• Xuan used Fire Style: Dragon Flame Explosion, setting two bamboo houses alight after the Uzumaki dodged the attack.
• Uzumaki Mito learned that the Uchiha and Senju were facing off at the village entrance over escorting her as a bride, and she decided to go there.
• Xuan warned the Uzumaki that fighting in their homeland would endanger their people, while Senju Hashirama promised the Senju would follow the Great Elder’s instructions.
• The Great Elder asked what the Uchiha wanted, and Mito arrived at the entrance as Xuan insisted he wanted to see her.

Uchiha Shin asked Uzumaki Mito to leave with him, and she struggled to refuse because of her loyalty to the Uzumaki. When the Great Elder tried to take her away, Shin shielded her and Mito agreed to go with him rather than let the clans fight.

• Uzumaki Mito came to the meeting despite the Great Elder's orders, approached Shin, and ignored her fiancé Senju Hashirama.
• Shin asked Mito if she would come with him, and she faltered as Hashirama accepted that he might have to let her go.
• The Great Elder ordered the Peak Jonin to take Mito back before she could finish agreeing to Shin's request.
• Shin knocked the two Peak Jonin away and stood between Mito and the Uzumaki, while Hashirama chose to wait and Uchiha Madara urged the Uchiha to support Shin.
• Mito pleaded with Shin not to fight and told him she would go back to the Uchiha with him.

Uchiha Shin proposed settling the dispute over Uzumaki Mito through a three-on-three series of duels, and the Senju, Uchiha, and Uzumaki agreed. At the Uzumaki arena, Mito returned to her clan while Shin secretly placed a formula in her palm, and the sides prepared to choose their fighters.

• Uzumaki Mito quietly objected, prompting the Uzumaki Great Elder to order an attack on Uchiha Shin, while Senju Hashirama readied his sword.
• Shin warned that fighting could endanger the Uzumaki people and proposed that each side send three fighters to duel, with the winner taking Mito.
• Senju Hashirama, Uchiha Madara, and the Uzumaki Great Elder agreed to Shin's proposal.
• The Uzumaki Great Elder brought the clans to the Uzumaki martial arts arena, where Uchiha Madara's group posted guards at two entrances.
• Shin allowed Mito to return to the Uzumaki side and secretly traced a formula into her palm before the clans began choosing their fighters.

Uchiha Izuna took the field to fight Senju Tobirama, revealing an unknown Mangekyo ability during their exchange. Tobirama survived Izuna’s fiery attack with a Water Clone, leaving both sides to assess the fight.

• Uchiha Madara stopped Shin from taking the field, and Uchiha Izuna volunteered to face Senju Tobirama.
• Izuna used the Body Flicker Technique to attack Tobirama, whose sword met the strike after he sensed Izuna’s approach.
• Izuna’s Mangekyo transformed, and flames from his sword became three vines that wrapped around Tobirama as Izuna slashed him.
• The apparent Tobirama turned into water, revealing that he had escaped with a Water Clone and reappeared at a distance.
• Uchiha Zhan praised Tobirama’s speed with Hand Seals, and Uchiha Madara acknowledged him as impressive.

Izuna appeared to defeat Tobirama with a clever combination of Fire Style and Sharingan genjutsu, but the Tobirama he decapitated was a clone. The real Tobirama struck from behind using Shin’s Shadow Clone Technique, leaving Madara demanding to know how he had learned it.

• Shin observed that Tobirama had grown stronger and praised Izuna’s tactic of keeping him away from water.
• Izuna and Tobirama fought evenly with blades until Izuna used a Great Fireball and Sharingan genjutsu to immobilize him.
• Izuna decapitated Tobirama, but the body burst into smoke and vanished.
• A second Tobirama appeared behind Izuna and struck him, revealing that Tobirama had used Shin’s Shadow Clone Technique.
• Madara confronted Shin and asked how Tobirama had learned the technique, while Shin realized Tobirama had copied it after seeing him use it.

Izuna revealed his Mangekyo ability to control flames and nearly trapped Tobirama with a combination of fire attacks. Tobirama escaped using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Madara identified Shin as the likely source of the technique.

• Tobirama attacked Izuna from behind, but Izuna formed three fiery swords with Kagutsuchi and forced him to retreat.
• Izuna sent the fiery swords after Tobirama, then turned to face him more cautiously.
• Izuna reshaped the swords into a net of fire and attacked with the Great Fire Dragon Technique.
• Tobirama vanished with the Flying Thunder God Technique, leaving Izuna stunned.
• Madara recognized the technique and guessed that Shin was Senju Shin, while Shin silently fumed at Tobirama.

Uchiha Izuna and Senju Tobirama fought a ninjutsu battle in the flooded Martial Arts Arena, with Tobirama’s Water Style giving him a terrain advantage. Izuna unleashed three S-Rank Fire Style techniques at once, leaving the spectators stunned and Shin wondering whether the feat came from Izuna’s left Mangekyo.

• Senju Tobirama flooded the arena with Exploding Water Shock Wave, and the Uzumaki Great Elder trapped the water within a barrier.
• Tobirama attacked Izuna with Water Dragon Bullets, and Izuna countered with Fire Style and Kagutsuchi as their techniques collided.
• Tobirama and Izuna exchanged powerful Water and Fire Style techniques while the audience marveled at their skill and chakra reserves.
• Izuna realized Tobirama’s lake gave him too great an advantage and stopped to unleash three S-Rank Fire Style techniques in succession.
• Senju Rajin, Senju Hashirama, and Uchiha Zhan reacted in shock, while Shin asked Madara whether the feat was the ability of Izuna’s left eye.