Chapter Summaries

Senju Hashirama rejected Nara Shefeng’s attempt to make the Nara surrender to the Senju alone, insisting they surrender to the Senju-Uchiha alliance. Nara Shefeng recognized that the alliance had been arranged to draw his clans into a trap and led the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi Clans out of Nanban City to surrender.

• Senju Hashirama refused the Nara Jonin’s request for a separate surrender, and Uchiha Madara criticized Hashirama for letting him leave alive.
• Shin predicted that the Ino-Shika-Cho would surrender, while Uchiha Madara asked what they would do if the clans tried another tactic.
• Nara Shefeng concluded that the Senju and Uchiha had used leaked intelligence to manipulate his clans, then ordered them to leave Nanban City and surrender.
• Nara Shefeng led Yamanaka Hailin and the unconscious Akimichi Clan Head, carried on a stretcher, to the allied camp.
• Nara Shefeng formally surrendered the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi Clans to the combined Uchiha and Senju forces, and Hashirama accepted their emblems.

The Uchiha and Senju accepted the surrender of the southern clans and headed home after Hashirama won their acceptance. Shin, Hashirama, and Madara celebrated their victory together, then resumed the journey the next day after a night of heavy drinking.

• The Uchiha and Senju disarmed the Nara and two other clans, completing their surrender in two hours.
• Hashirama released the southern shinobi captured at Shanghua Ridge and persuaded them to accept the alliance.
• The allied forces returned the southern clans to Nanban City and set off for home before the New Year.
• Hashirama toasted Shin and their childhood dream, then challenged Madara to a drinking contest that left them both passed out.
• Shin reflected that Konoha would be established after the New Year, then went to sleep as the camp settled down.
• The clans delayed their departure until noon because most of them had drunk too much the previous night.

After returning home for New Year, Shin reunited with his maid and Uzumaki Mito and realized how little time he had spent with Mito during their three years together. He asked her to marry him after the New Year, and she accepted.

• The Uchiha and Senju forces parted at the crossroads and returned to their respective clan grounds.
• Shin and Madara led the Uchiha back to their clan grounds, where Madara dismissed the clansmen to celebrate the New Year.
• Shin returned home and promised his maid that he would spend future New Years with her.
• Shin shared a New Year's dinner with Uzumaki Mito and reflected on the time they had spent apart.
• Shin asked Uzumaki Mito to marry him after the New Year, and she quietly agreed.

Shin spent the New Year with Uzumaki Mito in a lively Uchiha Clan Compound after the Uchiha returned from war, while he fielded gifts and visitors. As the celebrations continued, returning ninjas described how the Uchiha and Senju had fought side by side in the south, and Shin remained trapped in a seemingly endless clothing fitting at home.

• Shin spent the days before New Year's Eve with Uzumaki Mito, who tried on festive outfits while he criticized each one.
• Uchiha leaders and veteran Peak Jonin visited Shin with gifts, and some hinted that they wanted seats in the clan's highest decision-making body.
• The Uchiha Clan Compound celebrated New Year's Eve with children setting off firecrackers, families making offerings, and clan-funded free food and drink at the taverns.
• A returning Special Jonin told tavern patrons that the Uchiha had worked effectively with the Senju in the south and that a Senju Jonin had saved his life.
• At home, the maid continued trying outfits on Shin while Mito rejected a dark-colored one.

On New Year’s Eve, Shin went to the Uchiha Clan’s Ancestral Hall to invite Hyuga Tamamo to celebrate with him and Mito. He told her he wanted to take her home, but she began to object that the Uchiha compound was not her home.

• Mito and the maid prepared the house for New Year while Shin watched and learned they were expected to stay up as a family.
• Mito pointed out that someone was missing, and Shin decided to fetch Tamamo.
• Shin reflected on his tangled feelings for Tamamo as he walked to the Uchiha Clan’s Ancestral Hall.
• A Jonin told Shin that Tamamo was on the third level, reviewing intelligence reports.
• Shin found Tamamo in the secret chamber and invited her home for New Year’s Eve.
• Tamamo began to reply that her home was not with the Uchiha.

On New Year’s Eve, Shin celebrated with Mito, Tamamo, and the maid as Tamamo began to feel at peace among them. Madara and Hashirama welcomed the new year separately, reflecting on Izuna’s death and the peace they hoped to build.

• Mito encouraged Tamamo to drink during dinner, and Tamamo gradually joined the celebration with her and the maid.
• The maid urged everyone to explore the festivities, and Shin accompanied the three women through the lively Uchiha compound.
• Tamamo felt a trace of peace while spending the evening with Shin and the others, though she tried to push the feeling away.
• Madara visited Izuna’s grave, told him that the war had ended and the Uchiha had allied with the Senju, then poured out wine and wished him a happy New Year.
• Hashirama finished reviewing documents at the Senju office, heard the New Year’s bell, and said that peace was wonderful.

After the new year, Shin prepared a grand wedding to Uzumaki Mito as the Uchiha and Senju moved closer to a formal alliance. He learned that Senju Hashirama had accepted a marriage alliance with Uzumaki Mizusu and proposed holding both weddings together, leaving Shin stunned.

• Hyuga Tamamo resumed searching for Black Zetsu after Shin promised she could visit the Hyuga Clan if she found him.
• Peak Jonin visited Shin, while support grew among the Uchiha for an alliance with the Senju.
• Shin began planning his delayed wedding to Uzumaki Mito and sent invitations to notable figures, including Senju Hashirama.
• Madara told Shin that Hashirama had proposed holding his wedding with Uzumaki Mizusu on the same day as Shin's wedding.
• Shin read Hashirama's letter and protested that the joint-wedding proposal was nonsense.

Shin and Madara prepared to receive Hashirama’s Senju delegation for a formal visit to the Uchiha, which would also allow them to discuss an alliance and the joint weddings. After the exhausting reception, Hashirama met privately with the two Uchiha leaders, where Shin challenged him to help resolve the wedding plans he had disrupted.

• Shin told Mito that Hashirama would help hold the wedding, and Mito agreed to leave the arrangements to him.
• Hashirama invited the Senju elders to visit the Uchiha on February 15 to discuss joining forces and holding the weddings together.
• Madara arranged a grand reception, and he and Shin welcomed Hashirama and his delegation at the Uchiha compound.
• Madara and Shin spent half a day showing Hashirama around the compound while Uchiha residents watched him curiously.
• Hashirama sent his companions to socialize with the Uchiha, then met with Madara and Shin at Madara’s home.
• Shin complained that Hashirama had disrupted the wedding plans and told him to settle the venue.

Hashirama proposed holding Shin and Madara’s wedding at a new village site near the Uchiha and Senju lands, hoping the celebration would help unite the clans. Shin and Madara approved a plan to build a grand hall first, leaving the village’s larger construction and the clans’ formal alliance for after the wedding.

• Hashirama suggested establishing a village in the valley where he, Shin, and Madara had once climbed as children.
• Hashirama argued that a unified village could help end the hatred between the Uchiha and Senju clans, while Shin questioned why their wedding discussion had become about founding a village.
• Shin agreed that holding the wedding in the planned village was a good solution, but warned that there was little time to build it.
• Madara suggested constructing the wedding hall first and using it later as the leaders’ office.
• Hashirama decided to start construction immediately and proposed signing the Uchiha-Senju alliance in the village after the wedding.

Shin and Madara oversaw the construction of the new village, while Shin prepared for his wedding to Mito. Three days before the wedding, Xiaoying tried on Mito’s wedding outfit, leaving Shin stunned by how beautiful she looked.

• After the Senju delegation left, Madara ordered the Uchiha to begin building the village despite objections from the Conservative Faction.
• Uchiha and Senju clansmen cleared the valley and built the village’s basic framework and central hall over two months.
• Shin chose May ninth as the wedding date, prepared supplies, and sent invitations alongside the Senju Clan.
• Three days before the wedding, Shin inspected the preparations and received Mito’s finished wedding outfit.
• When Shin learned Mito could not try on the outfit because of the wedding custom, he asked Xiaoying to wear it and praised her appearance.

The village was readied for Shin and Senju Hashirama’s wedding, while Shin spent the day relaxing with Hashirama and watching the southern clans arrive. The chapter ends as the wedding day dawns and the Uchiha and Senju gather at the central hall for the ceremony.

• Senju Hashirama used Wood Style to build enough huts to house the arriving guests, and the Senju had already decorated the wedding hall.
• Shin slipped away from his duties to drink tea with Senju Hashirama on the cliff where they had played as children.
• Shin asked about Uzumaki Mizusu, and Senju Hashirama awkwardly admitted he had not met her.
• Nara Shefeng and leaders from the southern clans arrived, and Senju Hashirama went to welcome them while Shin predicted he would try to persuade them to stay.
• Uchiha Madara arrived that evening, and the next morning the Uchiha and Senju gathered at the central hall for the wedding ceremony.

Shin and Senju Hashirama celebrated their double wedding with Uzumaki Mito and Uzumaki Mizusu in the newly forming village, attended by clans from across the Land of Fire. After a grand procession and a brief ceremony before the statue of the Heavenly God, both couples were married.

• Shin dressed in elaborate wedding robes and made his way through the crowded village as shinobi from many clans congratulated him.
• Senju Hashirama told Shin that he and Uchiha Madara had made a decision the previous night, and Shin agreed to leave its handling to them.
• Uzumaki Mito and Uzumaki Mizusu arrived with two Uzumaki men, and Shin and Senju Hashirama escorted their brides into the wedding hall.
• Shin and Senju Hashirama met Uchiha Madara at the end of the red carpet before the couples completed the wedding formalities.
• Shin and Uzumaki Mito, and Senju Hashirama and Uzumaki Mizusu, married before the gathered clan leaders and guests.

At Shin and Mito’s wedding, Hashirama proposed that the clans unite to found a village, and many clans agreed. Madara killed a clan head who tried to leave and forced the remaining clans to choose between joining and dying.

• Hashirama addressed the wedding guests and proposed founding a village where clans would live and work together as one.
• The Hyuga and Nara clans declared their support, followed by the Yamanaka, Akimichi, Inuzuka, Sarutobi, Shimura, Aburame, and other clans.
• The Moonlight Clan Head refused to decide immediately and turned to leave the hall.
• Madara appeared at the entrance and killed the Moonlight Clan Head with a single slash.
• Madara gave the remaining clans a choice between living and dying, while Shin watched calmly, certain the village would be founded.

The major clans formed a village under Senju Hashirama and began building it, while Shin remained there to balance Senju and Uchiha influence. The chapter ended with Shin heading to the Conference Hall after Elder Yutaka and Senju Xiangyang fought during negotiations.

• Senju Hashirama announced a plan to unite the clans, and the major clans supported forming a village.
• Shinobi from across the Land of Fire moved into the village and built its houses and facilities, while Uchiha guards prevented some clans from leaving.
• Uchiha Madara returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound to manage supplies and clan affairs, while Shin stayed in the village to maintain balance between the Senju and Uchiha.
• Shin relaxed at his new home and imagined building an estate there while the village grew.
• An Uchiha shinobi reported that Elder Yutaka and Senju Xiangyang had started fighting during negotiations in the Conference Hall.
• Shin left for the Conference Hall and learned that Senju Hashirama had not yet heard about the fight.

Shin intervened when Uchiha Yutaka and Senju Xiangyang clashed over how the Uchiha and Senju should divide seats on the village’s governing body. He agreed with Senju Hashirama to set the issue aside for now and discuss it with Hashirama and Madara.

• Shin rushed to the Conference Hall, where Uchiha Yutaka and Senju Xiangyang were arguing over whether the Uchiha should receive four of seven seats on the governing body.
• Uchiha Yutaka explained the dispute, and Senju Xiangyang interrupted to defend the Senju’s contributions to founding the village.
• Shin trapped Senju Xiangyang in a genjutsu and warned him not to interrupt again.
• Shin told Uchiha Yutaka to resume the other negotiations the next day and said he would discuss the governing body with Senju Hashirama.
• Senju Hashirama arrived, heard what had happened, and agreed with Shin to discuss the governing body with Madara and leave the negotiators to continue their other work.

Shin reflected on the Uchiha and Senju’s struggle for control of Konoha and worried that the Battle of the Valley of the End might still happen. The next day, as the clans’ elders fought with teacups during negotiations, Shin decided to replace only the Senju’s cups with paper ones.

• Shin and Hashirama ended a clash between the Uchiha and Senju, but their negotiations reached an impasse.
• Shin considered how the Uchiha’s strength and the accelerated founding of Konoha made a power struggle with the Senju inevitable, and feared the Battle of the Valley of the End would still occur.
• Shin returned home, embraced Mito, and set aside his worries.
• The next day, an Uchiha shinobi told Shin that Elder Yutaka and Senju Xiangyang were fighting again by cursing and throwing teacups in the Conference Hall.
• Shin told the shinobi to replace the teacups used by the Senju with paper cups before the next day’s negotiations.

The Uchiha and Senju ended their negotiations after the Senju gave in to the Uchiha’s teacup assault, and the village grew rapidly as clans moved in and its first construction phase concluded. As Hashirama, Madara, and Shin discussed the Supreme Elder Council, Madara proposed giving the Uchiha four of its seven seats and the Senju three.

• The Uchiha pelted the Senju with special teacups for three days, forcing them to accept every negotiated clause that did not concern who would lead the village.
• The Uchiha and Senju finalized agreements and initial village regulations, while Hashirama continued construction and Shin enjoyed his honeymoon with Mito.
• Madara brought about a thousand Uchiha to the village, and Tobirama soon brought Senju and Hyuga clanspeople, prompting a major effort to assign housing and distribute supplies.
• About a week later, the village’s first construction phase ended, and Hashirama admired the growing village with Madara and Shin.
• Hashirama said the Supreme Elder Council would have seven members, and Madara agreed that the odd number was reasonable.
• Madara proposed that the Uchiha receive four council seats and the Senju receive three, based on their strength and contributions.

Shin mediated Hashirama and Madara’s dispute over who should hold power on the Supreme Elder Council, then proposed expanding it to give seats to the village’s other major clans. Hashirama worried the council would become difficult to control, while Madara was stunned by Shin’s apparent willingness to dilute their clans’ influence.

• Hashirama rejected Madara’s plan for the Uchiha to dominate the village and argued that other major clans should join the Supreme Elder Council.
• Madara mocked Hashirama’s proposal and insisted that the Uchiha and Senju should keep a firm hold on the village’s leadership.
• Madara and Hashirama asked Shin to weigh in, and Shin questioned Hashirama about how many council seats each clan should receive.
• Hashirama proposed two seats each for the Uchiha and Senju and three seats for the other major clans.
• Shin recommended expanding the council to ten members by giving seats to the Hyuga, Sarutobi, Aburame Clan, Inuzuka Clan, Shimura Clan, and Ino-Shika-Cho.
• Madara was shocked by Shin’s proposal, and Hashirama worried that a council without their clans’ numerical advantage would be hard to control.

Shin proposed a village government with a ten-member Elder Council overseen by a three-person Supreme Decision-making Group, giving its members sweeping veto and executive powers. Hashirama agreed to establish the group but insisted that any member's veto should block an order supported by the other two.

• Shin proposed expanding the Elder Council to ten seats and creating a three-person Supreme Decision-making Group above it.
• Shin gave each Supreme Decision-making Group member unlimited Absolute Veto Power over Elder Council proposals.
• Shin proposed Supreme Executive Power, allowing two group members to issue orders without the Elder Council's approval.
• Madara endorsed Shin's proposal, while Hashirama questioned whether the Elder Council would become a figurehead.
• Hashirama agreed to establish the group but said any member's veto should override an order supported by the other two.

Shin, Hashirama, and Madara established a supreme leadership group for Konoha, then discussed the village’s future on the eve of its founding. Hashirama proposed Madara as the first Hokage, and Madara named the village Konoha.

• Shin, Hashirama, and Madara agreed that the Final Veto Power would take precedence over Executive Power in their three-member Supreme Decision-making Group.
• In June, the first phase of Konoha’s construction ended as the southern clans finished moving in and the first full-village meeting approached.
• Hashirama told Madara and Shin that he planned to recommend Madara as Hokage, and encouraged Madara to protect the villagers as his family.
• Madara named the village Konoha after looking through a hole in a drifting leaf, and Shin praised the name with a reflection on fire and new leaves.