Chapter Summaries

Senju Hashirama subdued the Two-Tails while Shin freed the Uchiha and ordered the execution of the bound Shimura and Sarutobi clansmen. As the battle between the Anbu and Tobirama’s forces continued, Shin considered whether to kill Senju Tobirama.

• Senju Hashirama used Wood Style to stop the Two-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball and attacked it with the Wood Human Technique.
• Shin freed Uchiha Zhan and the other bound Uchiha, then ordered them to kill every Shimura and Sarutobi clansman.
• Uchiha fighters killed both clan heads and the remaining bound members of their clans.
• Shin told Uchiha Yutaka that Konoha would blame Sarutobi and Shimura even if everyone knew the Uchiha had released the Two-Tails.
• Senju Hashirama protected the surviving Shimura and Sarutobi clansmen, while the Anbu fought Tobirama’s retreating forces.
• Shin watched the fighting and wondered whether he should kill Senju Tobirama.

Shin avoided killing Senju Tobirama, while Senju Hashirama subdued the Two-Tails and ordered the Sarutobi and Shimura clans protected. At the Supreme Council meeting, Hashirama demanded that Shin explain the village’s chaos.

• Shin decided not to kill Senju Tobirama openly, but planned to act if Tobirama left Konoha.
• Senju Hashirama subdued the Two-Tails with Sage Art and Wood Style, then ordered it sealed and guarded.
• Senju Hashirama found the Sarutobi Clan Compound littered with corpses and ordered protection for surviving Sarutobi and Shimura clansmen.
• Shin told Senju Hashirama that the Sarutobi and Shimura clan leaders were dead, claiming they had tried to escape after a coup attempt.
• Uchiha Madara broke the standoff between Hashirama and Shin, and the major clan leaders assembled for the Supreme Council meeting.
• Senju Hashirama asked Shin, as head of Konoha's Anbu, to explain what had happened.

Uchiha Shin accused the Sarutobi and Shimura Clans of plotting a coup and exposed Senju Tobirama’s secret human-experiment organization. Senju Hashirama struck Tobirama and promised answers, but Shin ended by insisting the clans’ intent was proof enough.

• Shin claimed the Sarutobi and Shimura Clans had planned a coup, presenting four dead ninjas as evidence that they had tried to unleash the Two-Tails.
• Senju Tobirama challenged Shin’s accusation as a possible frame-up, and Shin countered by revealing an illegal intelligence organization in Konoha.
• Shin distributed documents describing the organization’s human experiments and accused Tobirama of secretly creating it.
• Tobirama defended his actions as necessary to protect Konoha from relying on Uchiha intelligence, but Senju Hashirama struck him and ordered him to sit still.
• Hashirama demanded concrete evidence against the Sarutobi and Shimura Clans, and Shin replied that their intent was clear even without proof.

Shin and Madara forced Hashirama to punish the Sarutobi and Shimura clans and Tobirama, while Madara explained why he had chosen a show of force to defend what he considered a fragile peace. Hashirama then privately demanded the truth from Tobirama, who admitted he had planned to move against the Uchiha.

• Hashirama sentenced the Sarutobi and Shimura clans to one year of confinement and ordered Tobirama to disband his secret organization and serve three years in prison.
• Shin and Madara left the meeting and went to Hokage Cliff, where Shin questioned Madara's extreme approach.
• Madara said Konoha's peace was an illusion and that he had used the Uchiha's power to give Hashirama and the village a chance to preserve it.
• Shin worried that the peace would not last and disappeared from the cliff.
• Hashirama confronted Tobirama in private, and Tobirama admitted he had contacted the Sarutobi and Shimura clans to prepare an attack on the Uchiha.

Senju Hashirama confronted Senju Tobirama over his secret actions and the Uchiha crisis, then discovered the scale of Tobirama’s covert intelligence organization. The chapter ended with Hashirama ordering Tobirama imprisoned for three years to reflect.

• Senju Hashirama reprimanded Senju Tobirama for acting without informing him and lamented the losses suffered by the Sarutobi and Shimura Clans.
• Senju Hashirama told Senju Tobirama to become Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō’s teacher after they were born.
• Senju Tobirama showed Senju Hashirama a document revealing the size, membership, and research of his secret intelligence organization.
• Senju Tobirama argued that Konoha needed its own network to monitor the Uchiha, while Senju Hashirama warned that escalating conflict could destroy the village.
• Senju Hashirama ordered guards to take Senju Tobirama away and imprison him for three years.

Senju Hashirama imprisoned Senju Tobirama for three years and reconsidered how to preserve peace between the Senju and Uchiha. He ordered the Senju intelligence organization disbanded, then formed Root as an official Anbu subsidiary under Senju Xiangyang, banning human experiments.

• Senju Hashirama ordered Senju Tobirama imprisoned for three years, and Tobirama left without arguing.
• Senju Hashirama reviewed the Root file and resolved to treat the Uchiha well so they would feel they belonged to Konoha.
• Senju Hashirama summoned Senju Xiangyang and told him Tobirama's intelligence organization would be disbanded.
• Senju Hashirama appointed Senju Xiangyang to lead the new organization, Root, as an Anbu subsidiary while Tobirama was imprisoned.
• Senju Hashirama forbade human experiments in Root, leaving Senju Xiangyang astonished.

After Konoha settled into an uneasy peace, Shin watched the village adjust to Root’s creation and its new missions. A new arrival, Otsutsuki Hufu, descended from the moon and headed toward the place where he sensed Ancestor Hamura.

• Senju Hashirama proposed establishing Root, and Shin accepted the political compromise despite the tension between the Senju and Uchiha.
• Over the following month, Shin visited Madara, whose left eye remained blind, while Konoha completed its Ninja Academy and prepared to open it the next year.
• The Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire asked Konoha to deal with rogue ninjas, and Konoha began deploying its ninjas across the country.
• Otsutsuki Hufu descended from the moon into the Main World and set off to investigate Ancestor Hamura’s presence and learn whether the world was still at war.

Uzumaki Mito showed Shin a powerful new barrier she had developed, but its enormous chakra requirements made it impractical to operate. She also demonstrated a breakthrough in her research on Ninja Scrolls, which could store and release Ninjutsu.

• Uzumaki Mito explained that she combined the Four Violet Flames Formation, four auxiliary barriers, and the Outer Four Symbols Seal to create a barrier powerful enough to withstand attacks from Senju Hashirama or Complete Body Susanoo.
• Uzumaki Mito told Shin that the barrier still needed months of testing and required more chakra than Konoha could readily provide.
• Shin suggested storing chakra in special items, but Mito said they had found no suitable materials in Konoha.
• Uzumaki Mito led Shin into the courtyard and used a Ninja Scroll to release the Water Style: Water Flower Curtain Technique.
• Uzumaki Mito explained that the scroll research had yielded a breakthrough and that future scrolls might release Ninjutsu using only a few Hand Seals.

Otsutsuki Hufu investigated the battlefield where Hamura had been defeated and concluded that Uchiha Shin was responsible. He entered Konoha undetected and reached Shin’s bedroom, where he prepared to take him away.

• Otsutsuki Hufu examined the ruined battlefield and sensed traces of the fight that had killed Hamura.
• Otsutsuki Hufu decided to visit Konoha and vanished from the wilderness.
• Otsutsuki Hufu incapacitated a Hyuga shinobi and two patrol companions, then asked where Uchiha Shin lived.
• Otsutsuki Hufu entered Shin’s room and reached out to seize him while he slept.

Shin trapped Otsutsuki Hufu in the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi’s illusionary space after Hufu attacked him and demanded that he explain Hamura’s return. When Shin refused to go to the moon, the two began fighting, and Shin summoned Sage Art: Wood Style against Hufu.

• Otsutsuki Hufu attacked Shin, but Shin used the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi and Tsukuyomi to send Hufu into its space.
• Shin questioned Hufu, who explained that the Otsutsuki Clan had sent him to investigate Hamura’s disappearance and demanded that Shin come to the moon.
• Shin refused Hufu’s order, and the two agreed to settle the matter by fighting.
• Shin attacked with Amaterasu and Scorch Style while Hufu countered with Yang Style techniques.
• Shin phased through Hufu’s chakra beam, entered Sage Mode, and began using Sage Art: Wood Style: Great Forest Binding Technique.

Shin battled Otsutsuki Hufu, whose defenses and deceptive tactics withstood Shin’s Sage Mode attacks. Hufu unleashed his Hundred Suns Blazing Gold Strike, and Shin answered with Susanoo.

• Shin bound Otsutsuki Hufu with Senjutsu-enhanced Wood Style and struck him with a Rasenshuriken, but Hufu blocked the blast with a white shield.
• Hufu attacked Shin from behind, but Shin used his Mangekyo’s intangibility and countered with thorn-covered vines.
• Hufu evaded Shin’s vines, cut through them with a Chakra blade, and tried to strike Shin’s tenketsu, but his attacks passed through Shin’s body.
• Shin used Flying Thunder God to attack Hufu with a Rasengan, only to discover he had struck a Stone Substitution.
• Hufu appeared behind Shin and unleashed his Yang Style Ultimate Technique, Hundred Suns Blazing Gold Strike, filling the area with blazing fist-shaped projectiles.
• Shin summoned Susanoo as Hufu’s flames engulfed the battlefield.

Uchiha Shin defeated Otsutsuki Hufu after their techniques clashed, using his time-based Sword of Time to kill him. Shin wondered how strong Hufu had been among the Ōtsutsuki and considered studying his corpse and the ruined Tenseigan.

• Otsutsuki Hufu's Great Sun Phantom pushed back Shin's Susanoo and began burning through its defenses.
• Shin expanded Susanoo into its Complete Body form, and the two powers clashed as Hufu began forming seals for an ancient ninjutsu.
• Shin used his time ability to imbue Susanoo's greatsword with the power to split the Great Sun Phantom.
• Shin struck Otsutsuki Hufu with the Sword of Time, stopping him from moving and draining his life until he died.
• Shin reflected on the threat posed by the Ōtsutsuki Clan and considered examining Hufu's corpse and the ruined Tenseigan.

After realizing Indra’s prototype might offer a new path to peace, Shin renamed it the “True Infinite Tsukuyomi” and considered how it could change his plans. He confirmed that no one had noticed Otsutsuki Hufu’s disappearance, then gave Hufu’s corpse to Akabane Koromo for research.

• Shin pondered how Indra’s prototype differed from the Infinite Tsukuyomi and wondered why Indra had called it the true path to peace.
• At dawn, Shin had a sudden insight about Indra’s intentions and decided to call the technique the “True Infinite Tsukuyomi.”
• Shin asked Xiaoying whether she had heard anything strange, and she said the night had been normal.
• Shin summoned Akabane Koromo and brought Otsutsuki Hufu’s corpse out of the sword.
• Shin told Akabane Koromo to arrange for Hufu’s body to be transported to Akatsuki’s base for research.

As winter settled over Konoha, Shin and Mito enjoyed the village’s peaceful first year and shared a snowy shopping trip before returning home to a warm dinner. With New Year approaching, Mito and the others began planning a celebration, while Hyuga Tamamo was still away.

• Shin let his subordinates handle transporting the corpse and returned to his peaceful routine as autumn gave way to winter.
• Konoha’s villagers continued to shun the Shimura and Sarutobi Clans, while Senju Hashirama’s policies gradually strengthened some Uchiha’s sense of belonging to the village.
• Uzumaki Mito persuaded Shin to take her shopping in the first heavy snowfall, and they returned home with gifts for the maid and Akabane Koromo.
• The household shared dinner, and Mito proposed celebrating Konoha’s first New Year in style.
• The maid said preparations were underway, and Akabane Koromo asked when Hyuga Tamamo would return as Shin watched the snow fall.

On Konoha’s first New Year’s Eve, Shin learned that Uchiha Madara had refused to organize the clan’s attendance at the Hokage’s ceremony and sensed that Madara was growing distrustful of Konoha. As Shin prepared to attend, Hyuga Tamamo joined him in a red robe, leaving the story with the two of them setting out together.

• Konoha celebrated its first New Year after enduring the destruction caused by Hamura Otsutsuki and the Two-Tails’ rampage.
• Shin greeted Hyuga Tamamo, then joined Mito, the maid, and Akabane Koromo in the household’s New Year preparations and prayers.
• Uchiha Yutaka asked Shin to lead the Uchiha at Senju Hashirama’s New Year ceremony because Uchiha Madara had refused to arrange the clan’s attendance.
• Shin agreed to attend and resolved to watch Madara, whose recent remarks suggested disappointment in Konoha and distrust of Senju Hashirama.
• As Shin prepared to leave for the ceremony, Mito said the household had chosen Hyuga Tamamo to accompany him, and Tamamo placed her hand in his.

At Konoha’s first New Year’s Eve celebration, the Hyuga Clan Head asked Shin to let Hyuga Tamamo return, but Tamamo rejected the request. Senju Hashirama thanked the clans for helping establish Konoha, and Shin pledged the Uchiha’s support for the village’s peace.

• Shin arrived at Konoha’s entrance and joined Senju Hashirama, who welcomed him to the celebration and asked where Madara was.
• The Hyuga Clan Head offered Shin wine and asked what it would take to bring Tamamo back to the Hyuga Clan.
• Tamamo ordered the Hyuga Clan Head to leave and warned him never to ask about her return again, so he departed.
• Senju Hashirama thanked the clans for helping found Konoha and spoke of the peace they had achieved.
• The clan heads declared their support for Hashirama, and Shin said the Uchiha would protect Konoha and oppose anyone who threatened its peace.

Konoha celebrated the start of its second year, and Hashirama invited Shin to carve the village’s guiding words into a stone at the gate. Shin inscribed the Will of Fire and promised to keep protecting peace, leaving the gathered leaders inspired as the celebration ended.

• Hashirama praised the Uchiha and Shin during the New Year's celebration, easing the gathering into a lively mood.
• At midnight, fireworks lit the sky as Konoha's villagers cheered the start of the village's second year.
• Hashirama revealed a carved stone at the village gate and asked Shin to write words that would represent Konoha.
• Shin carved, “Wherever the leaves dance, the fire will burn. The fire's shadow will illuminate the village, and new leaves will sprout once more,” signing it with his name.
• The clan leaders praised Shin's inscription, and Hashirama said Shin's presence made him feel at ease.
• Shin promised Hashirama he would protect peace, and the celebration ended as Konoha entered its second year.

On New Year's Eve, Senju Tobirama reflected on his imprisonment while Uchiha Madara studied the Sage of Six Paths' tablet and Indra's journal, seeking power and a way to protect his clan. Indra's account described his search for true peace after the Sage's death, but ended as his younger brother opposed him.

• Senju Tobirama learned it was past midnight and counted the months remaining in his imprisonment.
• Uchiha Madara reread the tablet and considered the claim that Uchiha and Senju powers could create Deep Forest Emergence.
• Madara reflected on his blind left eye, his weakened strength, and his need to protect the Uchiha from hidden threats.
• Madara read Indra's journal, which described the Sage of Six Paths maintaining peace through overwhelming power.
• Indra's journal recounted how Indra tried to take his father's place and find true peace, while his younger brother chose the opposing side.

Uchiha Madara found a new path toward peace in Indra’s notes while Shin watched for signs that Madara might repeat his old mistakes. As Konoha entered its second year, Shin revised his plans and Hashirama proposed capturing every Tailed Beast for the village.

• Uchiha Madara read Indra’s account of the Initial Infinite Tsukuyomi and vowed to find peace through his own path.
• Shin visited Madara after the New Year, learned that he had found a new approach, and left believing Madara had a way to address his blindness and distrust of Konoha.
• Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi were born, and Senju Hashirama arranged for Senju Tobirama to take them as students.
• Shin realized Konoha had been founded ten years earlier than in the original timeline, sent documents to Akatsuki, studied the Sarutobi Clan’s forbidden jutsu, and contributed Uchiha techniques to the archive.
• Senju Hashirama proposed capturing every Tailed Beast and bringing them to Konoha.

Senju Hashirama resumed the search for the Tailed Beasts while Konoha flourished during three years of peace and medical research advanced rapidly. At a secret Akatsuki base, Uchiha Shin checked on experiments involving Otsutsuki Hufu and other corpses.

• Senju Hashirama revived the Tailed Beast Plan and sent Anbu to locate the beasts, while Shin became interested in capturing them to form the Ten-Tails.
• Konoha entered its third year and developed its economy, ninjutsu, and medical research during a period of peace.
• Uchiha Shin visited the Akatsuki's underground base, where researchers studied Otsutsuki Hufu and several other corpses.
• Mizuhara I greeted Shin and presented the latest research report.