Chapter Summaries

The Tailed Beasts discussed their division among the Hidden Villages and learned from Kurama that Madara had encountered the Ten-Tails on the moon. Meanwhile, Otsutsuki Souritsu and Rina arrived at Konoha, where Uchiha Ku and a Hyuga Branch Family member were surprised by their group’s flawless Byakugan.

• Shukaku teased Kurama about his clones and complained that Konoha had divided the Tailed Beasts into twenty pieces.
• Isobu described how Konoha shinobi used a Wood Dragon to bind him and absorb his chakra.
• Gyuki explained that the Tailed Beasts had been distributed among the Hidden Villages to balance their strengths.
• Kurama revealed that Madara’s clones had seen the Ten-Tails on the moon, unsettling the other Tailed Beasts.
• Otsutsuki Souritsu led Rina and their group toward Konoha, where Uchiha Ku and a Hyuga Branch Family member noticed their arrival and marveled at their flawless Byakugan.

Otsutsuki Cang Lu and his clan arrived in Konoha, drawing a crowd as they were escorted toward the Hokage. Hashirama and Madara discussed the threat of a powerful enemy beyond the Shinobi World, and Hashirama ordered a meeting to plan a Shinobi Alliance under Konoha's leadership.

• Uchiha Kyu recorded the Otsutsuki clan's arrival, and Hyuga Shingo led Cang Lu and his group toward the Hokage Building.
• Cang Lu and the Otsutsuki drew crowds of curious villagers, disrupting street traffic and overwhelming Setsuna's squad.
• Sarutobi Sasuke ordered the Military Police Force to stop work and help disperse the crowd.
• Hashirama watched Konoha's clans work together to maintain order while Madara asked what they would do about the Shinobi Alliance.
• Hashirama decided Konoha must lead any alliance and called a meeting of the clan heads and department chiefs for that night.

Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara convened Konoha’s clan heads to introduce the Otsutsuki alliance and propose a Shinobi World Alliance. The meeting ended with Tobirama tasked with notifying the ninja villages and the leaders beginning to plan a joint operation to seal the Two-Tails.

• Hagoromo Jun and the other clan heads noticed Otsutsuki Cang Lu’s new place at the meeting and learned from Hyuga Ryudo that the clan possessed genuine Byakugan.
• Hashirama arrived with Madara and Cang Lu, introduced the Otsutsuki Clan, and announced its alliance with Konoha.
• Cang Lu thanked Madara for helping the Main Family suppress the Branch Family’s rebellion and presented scrolls as a token of gratitude to Konoha’s ninja.
• Madara described his discoveries from his travels and proposed forming a Shinobi World Alliance to pursue peace and help improve the other villages’ environments.
• Hashirama distributed the plan for an operation to seal the Two-Tails, then ordered Tobirama to notify the ninja villages; Madara specified that the Uchiha Clan’s Gunbai would be brought to the gathering in Konoha.

Kohei completed the Takumi Clan’s Tailed Beast-sealing kettle and reflected on whether his clan should join Konoha. Rikusei and Naori then commissioned him to forge two Basho Fans from Meteorite Iron and God Tree material, leaving Kohei awestruck by the rare materials and design.

• Kohei declared the special tea kettle finished, and the Takumi Clan workers celebrated completing Konoha’s difficult commission.
• Kohei warned his clansmen not to squander their earnings or cause trouble, then considered whether the Takumi Clan should join Konoha and whether he should step down as clan head.
• Rikusei and Naori visited Kohei and offered him a commission to forge ninja tools from Meteorite Iron and God Tree material.
• Kohei inspected the rare materials and asked what tools they wanted made.
• Rikusei gave Kohei a blueprint for two Basho Fans, and Kohei read the name on the design.

Rikusei spent a quiet evening with Naori before joining Konoha's shinobi to see Tobirama off. With Tobirama away, Madara set a plan to steal Ashura's chakra in motion by arranging village-wide medical checkups, leaving Rikusei anxious as he helped with the examinations.

• Rikusei and Naori talked about Mount Myoboku and the other places that taught Senjutsu, then went together to watch the sunset from Kage Rock.
• Rikusei watched Tobirama leave Konoha with an elaborate escort to visit the other Hidden Villages and invite their leaders to a ceremony.
• After Tobirama departed, Madara began his plan to steal Ashura's chakra by spreading word of free medical checkups for Konoha's shinobi.
• Hashirama officially approved the checkups, and he and Madara arrived at Konoha Hospital amid a cheering crowd.
• Rikusei assisted with the examinations and worried that Madara's cover would not keep the cheap teacher from recognizing him.

Rikusei, disguised as Naoki, administered the final psychological test to Konoha’s ninja examinees and challenged Hashirama and Madara with its dilemma. The Hokage and Madara agreed to provide tissue samples for research, and Rikusei preserved the samples before continuing the examinations.

• Rikusei reassured Uchiha Nami as they prepared to examine the selected ninjas, then explained that the final question tested whether a ninja had been warped by their mission.
• Hashirama and Madara arrived for their examinations, and Rikusei asked them to consider choosing between a mission and their teammates’ lives.
• Hashirama answered that their current work aimed to eliminate such dilemmas, while Madara cautioned Rikusei not to take his teasing too far.
• Rikusei requested tissue samples from Hashirama and Madara, and Hashirama agreed before cutting out a piece of his own flesh and healing the wound.
• Madara also provided a sample, and Rikusei and Nami preserved both samples before continuing the examinations.

Rikusei delivered tissue from Hashirama and Madara to Konoha’s research facility, then met Madara at Naka Shrine to help him implant Hashirama’s cells. Madara began the first step toward awakening the Rinnegan, while keeping his plans to reveal the truth to Hashirama until later.

• Rikusei brought bottles containing tissue from Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama to the underground research facility and told its member that the organization served the Hokage and Madara.
• Rikusei considered how to use the cells and decided that White Zetsu would be a suitable test subject because the cells could be dangerous.
• Rikusei gave Madara the bottles containing his own cells and Hashirama’s, and Madara destroyed the bottle holding his own tissue.
• Madara said he would tell Hashirama the truth after awakening the Rinnegan and taking him to Mount Myoboku to meet the Toad Sage.
• Madara reopened the scar on his chest, and Rikusei helped him place Hashirama’s cells inside the wound.

Rikusei assembled and tested a Puppet, then considered how Uchiha Madara’s Asura Chakra fusion was increasing his need for food. At the Ninja Academy, a match between Kaku’s class and visiting students began, with Chiyo challenging Hagoromo Mao and Naori giving Mao a Puppet scroll.

• Konoha villagers spread rumors about Uchiha Madara buying huge amounts of meat, and the Konoha Daily clarified that he ate ten jin a day.
• Rikusei assembled a Puppet from Cang Lu’s scroll, tested its movements, and sealed it away after its Chakra ran out.
• Rikusei read the clarification about Madara’s appetite and reasoned that the Asura Chakra fusion required substantial physical energy.
• Danzo and Rai arranged a match against Yotsuki Yamanari, and Kaku received approval for it from the Hokage.
• Kagami Uchiha introduced the visiting students as the classes gathered at the training field, and Chiyo challenged Hagoromo Mao.
• Naori gave Mao a scroll containing a Puppet and explained that Mao could use it by transferring Chakra into it.

Mao and Chiyo fought in a puppet match, with Mao using an unfamiliar Otsutsuki puppet and Chiyo fielding her Guardian Puppet. Chiyo forfeited after her puppet began to crack, then invited Mao to explain her technique and asked her to tell Rikusei that Shanming planned to challenge him.

• Mao and Chiyo revealed their puppets, and Ebizo explained that Sunagakure had brought out the Guardian Puppet to avoid the weakness of exposed chakra threads.
• After Uchiha Kaku started the match, Mao charged Chiyo with her lightning-coated sword while her black-robed puppet battled Chiyo's twin-sword puppet in the air.
• Chiyo's Guardian Puppet blocked Mao's sword strikes, while Mao's puppet revealed four swords and gradually gained the advantage in the aerial fight.
• Chiyo withdrew her puppets and forfeited when cracks appeared around the Guardian Puppet's wrist, despite Mao asking to continue.
• Mao and Chiyo made peace and agreed to meet so Mao could explain her puppet technique, and Chiyo asked her to tell Rikusei that Shanming planned to challenge him.

Yotsuki Yamanari defeated Danzo in their match after countering his Wind Release tactics and overpowering him in close combat. Yamanari then declined another match and challenged Uchiha Rikusei.

• Ōnoki forfeited his match against Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Uchiha Kaku declared Hiruzen the winner.
• Danzo opened his match against Yotsuki Yamanari with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, using the sandstorm to keep Yamanari at a distance.
• Yamanari used feints to make Danzo spend chakra, then charged through the wind with Lightning Release.
• Danzo deflected Yamanari's attack with a wind-chakra blade, but Yamanari broke through his defenses and struck a substitution log.
• Danzo attacked from the air with Wind Release: Gale Palm, but Yamanari leapt up and punched him into the ground.
• Danzo admitted defeat, and Yamanari challenged Uchiha Rikusei instead of taking another match.

Rikusei defeated Yotsuki Yamanari with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and discussed the Otsutsuki puppet technique with Chiyo. Meanwhile, Tobirama led a group to Kumogakure, where the village’s shinobi recognized his Gunbai and realized his force was not attacking.

• Rikusei declined Naori’s Ninja Blades, waited for Yamanari to recover his chakra, then defeated him with an illusion from his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Chiyo examined the Otsutsuki puppet technique scroll, and Rina stated that the Otsutsuki Clan was allied with Konoha; Chiyo said Shamon-sensei would come to discuss it.
• Tobirama led a group through the mountains toward Kumogakure and ordered them to increase their pace.
• Akirai spotted Tobirama’s Gunbai and Hokage Hat as the group approached, alerted the village, and the Kumogakure shinobi prepared to meet them.
• Akirai identified Tobirama’s force as non-hostile, and someone began telling the story of the Gunbai on his back.

Tobirama visited Kumogakure to request its help capturing the Two-Tails and attending Hashirama’s Shinobi World summit, but his meeting nearly turned into a fight with the Gold and Silver Brothers. A agreed to honor Kumogakure’s agreement with Konoha, then told Yotsuki T that he would inherit the name A.

• Tobirama met with Yotsuki T in the Raikage’s Office while waiting for A to return to Kumogakure.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku confronted Tobirama, and Tobirama formed a Rasengan while preparing to meet their challenge.
• A arrived, stopped the confrontation, and asked Tobirama about the Rasengan before hearing his request for Kumogakure’s support.
• Tobirama asked A to send an elite force to help capture the Two-Tails and attend Hashirama’s upcoming summit, and A agreed to honor the agreement made in Iwagakure.
• After Tobirama and the Konoha ninja left, A explained that Kinkaku and Ginkaku were becoming irritable from Tailed Beast Chakra and told Yotsuki T he would inherit the name A.

Tobirama traveled through the Land of Whirlpools and reached Kirigakure to seek allies for Konoha’s hunt for the Two-Tails. Byakuren agreed to discuss joining the mission and the coming Shinobi World conference, while Tobirama offered Kirigakure other Tailed Beasts as leverage.

• Tobirama considered recruiting the Uzumaki Clan to rebalance Konoha’s power, then hurried Sarutobi Saku away after teasing him about the Six-Tails mission.
• Uzumaki Kaimi gave Tobirama a route map of the Land of Water and asked whether he was married, embarrassing him by mentioning Mito’s younger cousin.
• Tobirama led his group across the sea to Kirigakure, where they witnessed its oppressive treatment of civilians and learned that Byakuren ruled through high-pressure methods.
• A Kirigakure ninja questioned Sarutobi Saku about Konoha’s bloodline clans before vanishing into the mist.
• Tobirama asked Byakuren to send elites to help capture the Two-Tails and attend the upcoming Shinobi World conference.
• Byakuren said Kirigakure could participate but demanded to negotiate the price of the Three-Tails, and Tobirama countered by offering access to other Tailed Beasts.

Tobirama Senju urged Byakuren to have Kirigakure raise the proposal for a Shinobi Alliance at the Shinobi World Conference, easing his fears by explaining the alliance would preserve the villages’ equality and weaken the Land of Water’s Daimyo and nobles. Byakuren reconsidered the proposal, while Gengetsu asked whether Kirigakure could receive tailed beasts for free and learned it could only get an internal discount.

• Tobirama told Byakuren that Kirigakure could afford to buy tailed beasts, then warned that tailed beasts alone could not balance the power of exceptional ninja.
• Gengetsu feared that Madara and Hashirama planned to eliminate the other hidden villages, but Tobirama denied it and proposed a Shinobi Alliance.
• Byakuren accused Tobirama of using tailed beast distribution as a pretext to strip the Kage of their authority, and Tobirama explained that the alliance would be jointly led by the five great villages.
• Tobirama told Byakuren that the moon held another world whose people had allied with Konoha, and Gengetsu recognized that the Land of Water could not rely on other villages for help in a crisis.
• Tobirama promised that the alliance could help Kirigakure gain power over the Land of Water and reclaim land from the sea, then rejected Gengetsu’s request for free tailed beasts and offered an internal discount instead.
• Byakuren relaxed and said that the Hokage’s promises at the Iwagakure meeting had not been empty.

Madara emerged from seclusion with Hashirama’s transplanted cells restoring his scars and leaving him ravenously hungry, then joined Hashirama to discuss Konoha’s growing workload and the Daimyo’s visit. The Daimyo acknowledged the shinobi alliance’s threat to the nations and ended by expressing concern for the young man accompanying him.

• Madara inspected his restored body, broke the hot pot restaurant’s consumption record, and headed to the Hokage Building.
• Madara urged Hashirama to decentralize authority rather than let the Hokage drown in paperwork, and Hashirama summoned Nara Shikahira to report on the Daimyo’s arrival.
• Hashirama and Madara greeted the Daimyo, who remarked that Madara had missed his previous visit and Tobirama was absent this time.
• The Daimyo discussed Konoha’s Shinobi Alliance plans with Hashirama and Shikahira, acknowledging that shinobi uniting could threaten the nations.
• The Daimyo said he hoped the young man accompanying him could enjoy the privileges he had once possessed.

Senju Hashirama met with the daimyo, who sought assurances that Konoha would protect his descendants if shinobi power reshaped the world. The daimyo left trusting Hashirama’s promise, and Hashirama ordered the meeting records preserved in full.

• The daimyo rebuked his son Sai for challenging the shinobi and explained that he had brought him to Konoha to understand the changing balance of power.
• Hashirama promised that future Hokage would honor the daimyo’s request if the world changed as he feared.
• The daimyo reflected on Konoha’s growth and the overwhelming power of Hashirama and Uchiha Madara as he considered the proposed Shinobi Alliance.
• The daimyo accepted Hashirama’s promise, and the meeting grew friendlier when he announced that this year’s funding would increase with rising tax revenue.
• Nara Shikahira asked whether the daimyo family’s private affairs should be archived, and Hashirama ordered a complete copy made without altering the original.

At the Ninja Academy, Rikusei demonstrated extraordinary shuriken skills against Uchiha Kaku and proved that his Three-Tomoe Sharingan was genuine. Kaku ended class early, while Rikusei demanded reimbursement for the two kunai broken during the demonstration.

• Rikusei questioned why his name was absent from the Will of Fire as he read it during theory class.
• After Naori won her match, Kaku challenged Rikusei to demonstrate his shuriken technique.
• Rikusei used kunai to redirect Kaku’s shuriken and then deflected a barrage with his activated Sharingan.
• Rikusei stopped Kaku’s final shuriken, but his kunai broke in the process.
• Kaku confirmed Rikusei’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan was genuine and declared class over.
• Rikusei asked Kaku to reimburse him for the two kunai, and Kaku tried to leave early.

Sai toured Konoha alone and was startled by the village’s lively streets, public benefits, and confident residents, which challenged his expectations of how a ninja village worked. After a crowd mistook him for a country merchant, the chapter ended with Rikusei welcoming Takigakure’s delegation at the village entrance.

• Sai declined to attend his father’s meeting and asked to explore Konoha alone, while a masked Konoha ninja secretly followed him.
• Sai admired Konoha’s orderly streets and cheerful residents, then watched a female ninja knock down a man who had traded farmland rights for Fire Release techniques.
• Sai learned that Konoha Hospital was offering health checkups to residents, but Second Granduncle told him the benefit was only for Konoha residents.
• Sai wondered why Konoha’s ninja trusted one another and overheard children mistake him for a small countryside merchant.
• Kaku assigned Rikusei to welcome Takigakure’s delegation at the village entrance.

Konoha prepared to receive allied villages for the effort to seal the Two-Tails, and Uzushio Village and Takigakure arrived ahead of the gathering. Tobirama then returned with his troops and rushed to find Hashirama, leaving his exhausted squad to recover at the gates.

• Nara Shikahira and Konoha's clans organized security and preparations for the arriving ninja villages.
• Uzumaki Kaimi led Uzushio Village to Konoha, where he greeted the welcoming leaders before Sarutobi Sasuke escorted his clan into the village.
• Kakuzu led Takigakure to Konoha, and Nara Shikahira welcomed the group and escorted them inside.
• An Anbu ninja reported Tobirama's arrival, and Tobirama used a Flying Thunder God mark to reach the gate before his troops caught up.
• Tobirama learned Hashirama was meeting with the Daimyo, handed his gunbai to Kaku, and hurried to the Hokage Building.
• Shimura Ibuki and Tobirama's exhausted troops reached the gates, where Kaku told them Tobirama had already gone ahead.

Tobirama secretly listened as Hashirama, Madara, and the Daimyo discussed Konoha’s taxes and Hashirama’s desire to extend peace beyond the shinobi. After returning from Kirigakure, Tobirama reported its internal divisions and asked Hashirama how he planned to distribute the Tailed Beasts.

• Tobirama used a hidden opening in the meeting room wall to eavesdrop on Hashirama, Madara, and the Daimyo negotiating taxes and Konoha’s growing influence.
• Hashirama said peace should extend beyond shinobi, alarming the Daimyo, who suspected they intended to abolish the nobility.
• Tobirama returned to the Hokage’s office and told Madara that Kaku had received the Gunbai.
• Tobirama reviewed reports from Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure, noting that they omitted how Madara had put their villages on alert.
• Tobirama reported that Kirigakure was divided by tensions between civilians and ninja, especially those with bloodline limits, and marked the Land of Water on a map.
• Tobirama asked Hashirama how he planned to distribute the Tailed Beasts after capturing the Two-Tails.