Chapter Summaries

Madara told Hashirama that Natsu had described another timeline where Konoha’s leaders drove Itachi to exterminate the Uchiha, making Hashirama’s ideals fail. Hashirama argued that Natsu’s presence meant that world had not erased the Uchiha entirely, leaving them to consider what that surviving trace might mean.

• Madara left the Hokage Building and went alone to the Naka River, dwelling on his hatred of Tobirama and his trust in Hashirama.
• Hashirama found Madara by the river and sat with him, bringing sake.
• Madara told Hashirama that Natsu said the Uchiha were wiped out in another timeline by Fugaku’s son after Konoha’s Hokage and elders manipulated him.
• Hashirama acknowledged that the descendants he chose had helped drive the Uchiha toward extermination, undermining the ideal he had pursued.
• Hashirama said the other world could not have ended completely because Natsu had survived the Uchiha Massacre and appeared in their world.

Hashirama persuaded Madara that the Uchiha who massacred his clan had borne the weight of a world twisted by war, and Madara reaffirmed their duty to keep believing in peace. As they walked toward the Uchiha Clan District, Madara explained that the Uchiha King of Flame Ninja Village was preparing an escape route for the Uchiha rather than building another village in pursuit of peace.

• Hashirama argued that the Uchiha survivor's Mangekyo Sharingan and actions showed how much pain he had endured, and Madara acknowledged that the tragedy was the bitter fruit of generations of war and hatred.
• Hashirama offered Madara sake and urged him not to give up on peace; Madara accepted the bottle and said that if they stopped believing, no one else would believe either.
• Hashirama chased after Madara and joked about settling the score for his skipping work, then asked whether the Uchiha King of Flame Ninja Village had come from another world.
• Madara said Tobirama Senju had verified that the Uchiha King was born in their world and suggested he had recognized the dangers behind their hastily forged peace.
• Madara explained that the Uchiha King had gathered other clans not to establish another stable ninja village, but to prepare an escape route for the Uchiha in case war came.

Madara and Hashirama found a letter from Natsu at Madara’s residence, in which she explained the parallel-world Madara’s fate, challenged their vision of peace, and revealed her plan to meet Uchiha King in Flame Ninja Village. She left a chakra mark so Madara could contact her again, while her future role in the Uchiha Clan’s fate remained undecided.

• Madara and Hashirama returned to Madara’s residence and found an envelope addressed to Madara on the courtyard’s stone table.
• Madara sensed Natsu’s faint chakra mark on the envelope and read her account of the parallel Madara’s defeat, survival, manipulation by Black Zetsu, and death.
• Natsu told Madara that the other Madara’s final regret was never trusting Hashirama, and urged him to cherish their present bond.
• Natsu criticized Hashirama’s fragile peace and Madara’s inability to abandon bonds, arguing that neither could overcome the world’s entrenched conflicts together.
• Natsu announced that she would go to Flame Ninja Village to meet Uchiha King and would consider helping him unify the Ninja World if she judged him worthy.
• Natsu left a mark that Madara could activate with chakra to contact her, and joked that Hashirama should buy fewer dango skewers next time.

Hashirama read a letter describing how another-world Madara died after Hashirama killed him and how the Uchiha were later exterminated. Madara challenged Hashirama to build a peace that could survive beyond one man's strength, and Hashirama vowed they would pursue that future together.

• Hashirama read the letter and learned that another-world Madara regretted never trusting him.
• Hashirama confessed his guilt over killing Madara in that world, but Madara reassured him that he trusted the Hashirama beside him.
• Madara warned that Hashirama's peace was fragile and would have failed if Hashirama ever had to raise his blade against him.
• Hashirama promised that neither of them would die and that they would build a lasting peace side by side.
• Madara agreed to trust Hashirama once, and they drank sake together until their bottles were empty.

Hashirama told Tobirama about the alternate world where his peace was betrayed and questioned whether his dream was naïve. Tobirama explained that Hashirama’s ideals needed stronger institutions and promised to help build them, leaving Hashirama reassured about their partnership.

• Hashirama left Madara and went to Tobirama’s study, where Tobirama was working late.
• Hashirama recounted Madara’s letter and the alternate world’s events, including his own killing of Madara and the Uchiha’s destruction by Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and others.
• Hashirama asked whether his dream of ending hatred and war had been naïve.
• Tobirama said the ideal was sound but had relied too heavily on Hashirama and Madara’s strength without establishing lasting institutions.
• Tobirama told Hashirama that he would address the ideal’s structural flaws while Hashirama preserved his hope and kindness, and Hashirama relaxed with a relieved smile.

Hashirama learned that Tobirama’s views on the Uchiha came from years of studying their bloodline and the curse linking love, loss, hatred, and Sharingan power, not simply from prejudice. Hashirama promised to take Tobirama’s cautions seriously, leaving Tobirama alone with the responsibility he had long carried.

• Hashirama thanked Tobirama for staying clear-headed and planning for the worst after the revelations about another world and Madara’s death.
• Hashirama admitted he had assumed Tobirama’s hatred of the Uchiha remained rooted in past losses and bloodshed.
• Tobirama showed Hashirama his old notebook and explained that intense love and devastating loss drove Uchiha ocular power and extreme behavior.
• Tobirama acknowledged his own hatred of the Uchiha but said their power and the genjutsu Natsu cast on Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo showed why Konoha needed to remain vigilant.
• Hashirama apologized for misunderstanding Tobirama and promised to carefully consider his warnings; Tobirama told him to keep that promise on file.

Tobirama Senju weighed the danger that Madara might someday lose control and resolved to prepare a contingency plan to protect Konoha and Hashirama’s ideal of peace. He left Uchiha Izuna’s name on the page as a potential ally to revive, despite their bitter history.

• Tobirama Senju reviewed the night’s events and wrote Hashirama’s and Madara’s names in his Forbidden Technique notes as he considered the risk of Madara losing control.
• Tobirama Senju decided to prioritize developing Impure World Reincarnation so he could bring Hashirama back from the Pure Land if Madara became a threat.
• Tobirama Senju concluded that Hashirama might not be enough to stop Madara and wrote down Uchiha Izuna as a second safeguard.
• Tobirama Senju recalled his lethal rivalry with Izuna and imagined Izuna mocking him after being revived, but he chose not to cross the name out.
• Tobirama Senju committed to reviving his hated enemy and working with him if necessary to protect Konoha and Hashirama’s peace.

Madara Uchiha sat alone with Izuna Uchiha’s kunai and remembered his childhood friendship with Hashirama, their shared wish for peace, and the moment they learned they belonged to enemy clans. He recalled Izuna’s death, the alliance that founded Konoha, and the growing clan tensions that made him doubt Hashirama’s ideal.

• Madara Uchiha sat beneath the eaves, holding Izuna Uchiha’s kunai as memories of his youth returned.
• Madara Uchiha remembered how he and Hashirama skipped stones by the Naka River and wished for children to grow up without war.
• Madara Uchiha recalled learning that Hashirama belonged to the Senju Clan while he belonged to the Uchiha, and how their friendship was shaken by their inherited enmity.
• Madara Uchiha remembered Izuna Uchiha dying from Tobirama Senju’s Flying Thunder God Slash and swore to avenge him.
• Madara Uchiha set aside his hatred after Hashirama begged him to prevent more deaths, then signed an alliance with the Senju Clan and helped build Konoha.
• Madara Uchiha watched suspicion between the Senju and Uchiha deepen and began to question Hashirama’s ideal of peace.

Madara Uchiha confronted the collapse of his lifelong plan after learning that the Six Paths Stone Tablet had been altered and Infinite Tsukuyomi was never salvation. Alone in the courtyard, he was left questioning what his life and struggles had meant.

• Madara Uchiha recalled how Natsu had revealed that Black Zetsu had falsified the stone tablet and manipulated his plan for decades.
• Madara turned a kunai in his bloodied hand and mourned his failures to protect his brother and clan.
• Madara remembered his childhood meeting with Hashirama Senju and the peaceful future they had once imagined.
• Madara reflected that he could neither hate Hashirama nor find anyone else to blame for the deception that had shaped his life.
• Madara raised his exhausted eyes and wondered what he had fought for all his life.

After his faith in peace collapses, Madara Uchiha meets Uchiha Natsu, who invites him to help create a lasting era of peace. Madara accepts Natsu’s hand and agrees to see this new world for himself.

• Madara Uchiha mourned the shattering of his ideals, then hardened his resolve to pursue power and Uchiha’s future.
• Uchiha Natsu arrived at Madara’s courtyard and invited him to come with him.
• Natsu declared that his power would establish an enduring order uniting the Ninja World in peace.
• Madara questioned whether the Senju Clan and Uchiha could truly overcome their hatred, and Natsu promised peace for all clans and civilians.
• Madara accepted Natsu’s outstretched hand and agreed to witness the world he promised.

Natsu told Madara that he could remain in this world for only one month and proposed visiting Uchiha King in Flame Ninja Village to secure the Uchiha’s future. Madara agreed to leave at dawn, while Yaoyu and Yakumi waited in the forest as two familiar chakra signatures approached.

• Natsu explained that the shattered spacetime anchor would force him, Yaoyu, and Yakumi to leave after one month.
• Natsu proposed meeting Uchiha King to judge whether he could be trusted with the Uchiha’s future, with Madara as the alternative leader.
• Madara agreed to travel with Natsu to Flame Ninja Village and said they would leave at dawn.
• Yaoyu and Yakumi waited by a forest bonfire, worrying about how long Natsu had been inside Konoha.
• Two familiar chakra signatures approached the forest, and Yaoyu rose with relief.

Natsu brought Madara Uchiha together with Yaoyu and Yakumi, whose reverence for Madara gave him news that Uchiha Setsuna was still alive and the Uchiha Clan had found peace under Natsu. They traveled to Flame Ninja Village, where the brothers were struck by the young settlement’s size and orderly bustle.

• Yaoyu and Yakumi greeted Natsu and recognized the man with him as Madara Uchiha.
• Yaoyu told Madara that Uchiha Setsuna was alive and shared the elder’s stories of Madara’s legendary strength.
• Yaoyu explained that Natsu had led the Uchiha to an island and a village where they were free from Konoha and no longer lived under constant threat.
• Natsu led Madara, Yaoyu, and Yakumi toward Flame Ninja Village, and Yaoyu privately wondered whether Madara had become emotional at the news of Setsuna.
• The group reached Flame Ninja Village, where Yaoyu admired its defenses and busy streets and wondered how it had grown so quickly.

Natsu and his companions explored Flame Ninja Village, judging its mature defenses, task system, and peaceful coexistence as far ahead of Konoha’s. Natsu grew increasingly intent on meeting Uchiha King, and the chapter ended as he paused at a shop bearing Uchiha and Uzumaki crests.

• Natsu, Yaoyu, Yakumi, and Madara entered Flame Ninja Village and observed its defenses and clan crests, which showed that Uchiha King had accepted support from the Land of Fire without surrendering sovereignty.
• The four walked through the bustling city, where clans and commoners traded and lived alongside one another.
• Yaoyu and Yakumi praised the task hall’s organized commissions and Guard Corps, while Madara explained how the village’s logistics, military force, and defenses formed a mature system.
• Natsu and Madara agreed that Flame Ninja Village’s structure anticipated the Ninja World’s future, and Natsu became more eager to meet Uchiha King.
• Yaoyu noticed Natsu’s silence, and Natsu stopped to study a ninja tool shop sign bearing the Uchiha and Uzumaki crests.

Natsu concluded that Uchiha King shared his way of thinking and had built Flame Ninja Village to secure the Uchiha’s survival, and Madara accepted that King could be the leader his clan needed. As the group approached the Flame Shadow Building, Natsu wondered whether King was worthy of entrusting with the Uchiha’s future.

• Natsu analyzed Uchiha King’s village-building plans and concluded that his methods and strategic thinking matched his own.
• Natsu explained to Yaoyu and Madara that King had made alliances and secured the daimyo’s support to protect the Uchiha from their fate in Konoha.
• Madara realized that King had established Flame Ninja Village as a path to survival for the Uchiha and agreed that he might be the leader they needed.
• Natsu said King had left clues for Madara to find and had waited for him to choose whether to approach, rather than seeking him out in Konoha.
• The group reached the Flame Shadow Building, whose entrance displayed the Uchiha crest alongside those of the Uzumaki, Kaguya Clan, and Minazuki Clan.

Madara Uchiha brought Natsu, Yaoyu, and Yakumi to Flame Ninja Village, where guards welcomed him under Uchiha King's standing orders. When King sensed Natsu, he was shaken by the youth's unfathomable presence and asked Madara who he was.

• Two Uchiha guards recognized Madara and let him and his companions enter without reporting their arrival.
• Yaoyu remarked on the guards' special treatment, and Yakumi said ordinary visitors would not receive a personal visit from Madara.
• Uchiha King greeted Madara at the Flame Shadow Building and assessed Yaoyu and Yakumi as elite guards.
• King's sensory ninjutsu failed to detect Natsu's chakra, and his instincts warned him of the youth's overwhelming, unknowable power.
• King suppressed his alarm and asked Madara who Natsu was, keeping his gaze fixed on him.

Uchiha Natsu met Flame Shadow King and the clan leaders of Flame Ninja Village, explaining that he had crossed worlds because this world's surviving Uchiha might still have hope. He left them facing the question of whether the clan deserved a chance at lasting security.

• Natsu introduced himself to King, who treated him with caution and led him into the inner room.
• King brought Madara, Natsu, Yaoyu, and Yakumi before the Kaguya, Minazuki, and Uzumaki clan leaders.
• The clan leaders reacted with surprise to Madara's arrival, while Ashina Uzumaki sensed something unknowable about Natsu and his companions.
• King introduced Natsu as an Uchiha from another world whose depths even Madara could not fathom.
• Ashina asked whether Natsu's arrival concerned the Ōtsutsuki threat, and Natsu said he had come to judge whether this world's surviving Uchiha deserved lasting security.

Natsu questioned Uchiha King about his vision for the Ninja World's future and the risks he would take for the Uchiha, while revealing that Madara would leave with him. He offered King a chance to prove he could protect the clan in exchange for the source power of Indra, leaving King stunned.

• Natsu asked Uchiha King where he came from and what had happened to the Uchiha in his world, then said he would offer a trump card if King's answers satisfied him.
• Natsu explained that Madara would eventually leave with him, disrupting King's plans to rely on Madara against Hashirama and support Flame Ninja Village.
• Uchiha King admitted that Flame Ninja Village could not face Hashirama without Madara, despite King's own strength.
• Natsu offered King a chance to shoulder the Uchiha's future and promised him the source power of Indra.
• Uchiha King reacted with disbelief and glanced at Madara, who turned away coldly.

Natsu revealed that he had visited the One Piece world and offered King a First-Generation Gene Serum to unlock the Uchiha bloodline. King explained the Flame Ninja Village’s political position and threats, leaving his plans unsettled now that Madara was departing with Natsu.

• Natsu had Yakumi bring him the First-Generation Gene Serum and told King it had been developed using the One Piece world’s science to elevate the Uchiha bloodline.
• King recognized the serum’s potential to break his Mangekyo Sharingan’s limits and give him a chance at a complete Susanoo.
• King agreed to answer Natsu’s questions and explained that the Land of Fire’s daimyo supported the Flame Ninja Village only as a counterweight to Konoha.
• King described how the Kaguya, Minazuki, and Uzumaki Clans joined his village, noting that Ashina Uzumaki had been persuaded by evidence of the Ōtsutsuki threat.
• King warned that Tobirama Senju’s growing influence could push Konoha toward attacking the Flame Ninja Village once Madara left with Natsu.
• King said Madara’s departure had forced him to abandon and rebuild his plan to use Madara’s power to balance Hashirama.

Natsu approved King’s plan to defend Flame Ninja Village and advised him that strength could turn Tobirama Senju from an enemy into a pragmatic ally. Madara then revealed that King’s son was betrothed to Hashirama’s granddaughter, leaving Natsu waiting for King to explain.

• King described his contingency plan for Flame Ninja Village and admitted he wanted Natsu’s trump card to make the village’s future easier.
• Natsu told King he would warn Tobirama Senju before leaving and explained that Tobirama might accept Flame Ninja Village as a useful barrier if King became strong enough.
• Natsu argued that Tobirama valued systems, balance, and power, and might prefer cooperation with the Uchiha over a mutually destructive conflict.
• Madara interrupted Natsu and revealed that King’s son and Hashirama’s granddaughter had long been betrothed.
• Natsu set down his teacup and waited for King to explain as King’s composed smile stiffened.

Natsu learned that King had arranged a marriage between the Senju and Uchiha children, explaining Tobirama Senju’s resentment toward Flame Ninja Village. He gave King the genetic serum and warned him not to rely on daimyo for the Uchiha Clan’s survival, then declared that their next meeting would leave King only two choices: submit or die.

• King explained that Hashirama had arranged the marriage after King persuaded him that the Senju and Uchiha children were suited to each other, and Madara confirmed the account.
• Natsu connected the marriage arrangement to Tobirama Senju’s grudge, while King defended it as a safeguard for Flame Ninja Village.
• Natsu handed King the pale-blue genetic serum and warned that daimyo would turn against the Uchiha Clan once it was no longer useful to them.
• King solemnly agreed not to stake the Uchiha Clan’s future on the mercy of daimyo.
• Natsu said he would remain in the world for at most a month, then warned King that their next encounter would end with King either submitting to him or being buried.
• King answered Natsu’s threat with a fierce smile.