Recaps

Uchiha Mu subdued Matatabi in the Land of Lightning and persuaded her to accompany him, leaving the Raikage and his men unable to interfere. The Raikage ordered Kumogakure to remember the humiliation and began considering how to protect the Eight-Tails now that the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation had two tailed beasts.

• Uchiha Mu followed intelligence to Matatabi's location and asked her to become his companion.
• Matatabi prepared to attack, but Uchiha Mu trapped her in a Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu and defeated her with sealing jutsu and taijutsu.
• Uchiha Mu convinced Matatabi to come with him to see Chōmei, and she agreed after hearing his warning about the Ten-Tails' empty shell.
• Uchiha Mu put the Raikage and his shinobi under genjutsu, secured their agreement not to stop him, and left riding on Matatabi.
• The Raikage told First Bee and the others to remember their humiliation, then discussed keeping the Eight-Tails safe from further trouble.

After Uchiha Mu brought Matatabi to the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, she met Chōmei and learned why he trusted Mu. Matatabi agreed to stay and explore the village, leaving her curious about Mu’s ideals.

• Kumogakure spread word of Uchiha Mu’s capture of Matatabi, prompting the other villages to watch or pursue their own plans for the tailed beasts.
• Matatabi arrived in the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation and went to find Chōmei, who explained that Mu knew about the Ten-Tails’ empty shell.
• Chōmei described how Mu had earned his trust and how his contract with Hyuga Lingnai had raised her to Kage-level strength.
• Matatabi agreed to stay in the village, acknowledging that Mu’s power gave her little choice and wanting to learn about his ideals.
• Chōmei led Matatabi through the bustling village and into a Taki Cuisine Restaurant.

Matatabi began earning money in the village, where a peaceful month passed before Madara Uchiha arrived to persuade Uchiha Mu to support the Eye of the Moon Plan. Uchiha Mu challenged Madara to investigate the plan’s risks and the truth about the tailed beasts, leaving Madara uncertain as he went to capture the Nine-Tails.

• Matatabi asked Uchiha Mu for work and began earning money by sending out clones on jobs.
• Madara Uchiha visited the village, and Uchiha Mu showed him around while they discussed the village, the shinobi world, and the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Uchiha Mu warned Madara that the Eye of the Moon might carry risks like Izanagi, and Madara agreed to investigate before trying to persuade him again.
• Madara asked what Uchiha Mu would do if he tried to take Matatabi and Chōmei, and Uchiha Mu said he would protect them and urged Madara to learn the truth from the tailed beasts.
• Madara left to capture the Nine-Tails, while Uchiha Mu asked Matatabi and Chōmei about their memories and explained the Ten-Tails to them and the others.
• After leaving, Madara reconsidered the Eye of the Moon Plan and wondered whether Uchiha Mu had persuaded him instead.

Black Zetsu became alarmed by Uchiha Mu’s apparent knowledge of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and moved to check Madara’s resolve while ordering White Zetsu to watch Mu. Meanwhile, Mu agreed with Keiko Uzumaki to slow the village’s spending as its population growth lagged, and a ravaged small country’s daimyo considered selling his territory to Mu.

• Black Zetsu judged Uchiha Mu dangerous after learning that Madara had begun doubting the Eye of the Moon Plan, and he considered ways to eliminate Mu.
• Uchiha Mu repeatedly mentioned Kaguya Ōtsutsuki in hopes of drawing Black Zetsu out, but Black Zetsu stayed hidden and ordered White Zetsu to watch him.
• Black Zetsu headed to Madara to confirm his condition and planned to treat Uchiha Mu as an enemy if an opportunity to kill him arose.
• Keiko Uzumaki asked Uchiha Mu to slow the village’s development because its spending had left the treasury in deficit, and Mu agreed to revise the budget pace.
• Uchiha Mu worried that slow population growth made the village less attractive as Kumogakure’s raids devastated small countries, and a beleaguered daimyo considered selling his territory to him.

Madara Uchiha subdued the Nine-Tails and attacked Konoha to confront Hashirama, dying after their battle. In the aftermath, the Uchiha Clan debated its place in Konoha, while Hashirama set out to collect the tailed beasts.

• Madara Uchiha used genjutsu to control the Nine-Tails, questioned him about the Sage of Six Paths, and resolved to test the Stone Tablet's authenticity with Hashirama cells.
• Madara Uchiha brought the Nine-Tails to Konoha and forced Hashirama Senju into a battle that plunged the village into panic.
• Hashirama Senju defeated and killed Madara Uchiha, then preserved his body and refused Tobirama Senju's request to study it.
• Uchiha Clan members argued over their diminished influence and whether Uchiha Mu still considered them his clansmen.
• Hashirama Senju began collecting the tailed beasts after Tobirama Senju urged him to restrain the powerful Nine-Tails.

Uchiha Mu persuaded Madara Uchiha to visit the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Village and consider a path to peace other than the Eye of the Moon Plan. Black Zetsu, alarmed by Madara’s change of heart, decided to meet Mu and search for a way to manipulate him.

• Uchiha Mu met Madara Uchiha at his hideout and discussed their Hashirama cells, Madara’s growing ocular power, and the cost of gaining strength.
• Uchiha Mu urged Madara to question the Stone Tablet and join the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Village, and Madara agreed to visit under a transformed appearance.
• Madara asked whether peace was possible, and Uchiha Mu proposed unifying the Shinobi World and spreading the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation’s culture and ideals.
• Madara accepted Mu’s ambition and treated the Eye of the Moon Plan as a fallback if their efforts failed.
• Black Zetsu resolved to meet Uchiha Mu, leave part of himself behind as a safeguard, and investigate what mattered most to Mu.

After Madara Uchiha returned to the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Village, the great nations focused on gathering intelligence and avoiding conflict with Hashirama. Disguised as Nisen, Madara explored the village and agreed to help Takeuchi and his classmates with an Academy assessment.

• The Tsuchikage and Mū decided Iwagakure would expand its intelligence network while avoiding a confrontation with Konoha.
• The Raikage considered stealing a Sharingan, but his advisers warned that targeting the Uchiha would risk conflict with Hashirama; he ordered continued intelligence gathering instead.
• Sunagakure and Kirigakure also focused on intelligence, while the great nations recognized the wealth and influence of Uchiha Mu's rapidly developing nation.
• Madara disguised his appearance and chakra, took the name Nisen, and walked through the prosperous village.
• Takeuchi asked Nisen to help him, Xiaoyu, and Imai pass Teacher Mu's assessment of staying upside down on a tree while Matatabi released her killing intent, and Madara agreed.

Madara trained Takeuchi, Xiaoyu, and Imai at the village’s training ground, then let them guide him to the Ninja Academy to learn about Uchiha Mu’s teaching. There, Uzumaki Shana worried that she would soon have to return to her clan and might never confess her feelings to Uzumaki Men.

• Takeuchi, Xiaoyu, and Imai paid Madara five thousand ryō to train them, and he tested their tree-climbing skills with controlled killing intent.
• Madara gradually increased the pressure as the three children repeatedly climbed and fell, helping them last more than a minute.
• Madara accepted the children’s offer to show him the Ninja Academy in exchange for training them.
• Uzumaki Men and Uzumaki Shana explained that they were studying sealing jutsu together, and Shana sensed Madara’s enormous chakra.
• Uzumaki Shana reflected that she would soon return to the Uzumaki Clan and might not get another chance to tell Uzumaki Men how she felt.

Madara trained the children for the Ninja Academy assessment, while Uchiha Mu tested them and rallied those who failed. As the Uzumaki clansmen prepared to return home, Uzumaki Shana resolved to confess her feelings to Uzumaki Men and help improve her village.

• Uzumaki Shana admitted she liked Uzumaki Men and wanted to return to the Land of Whirlpools to improve her village, and Takeuchi encouraged her to confess during the assessment.
• Madara trained Shana, Takeuchi, Imai, and Xiaoyu with killing intent and taijutsu, confirming they feared his power without fearing him.
• Uchiha Mu held the annual assessment, where Matatabi’s killing intent tested the children’s ability to stay on the trees; nearly sixty passed, including Shana and her companions.
• Madara declined Uchiha Mu’s invitation to take students as disciples because he still held to the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Uchiha Mu urged the children who failed not to give up, and his speech inspired Shana and the other Uzumaki clansmen to return home and work to change their village.

Uchiha Mu reassured Keiko Uzumaki that he would protect her clan while discussing its future, then helped Uzumaki Shana and Uzumaki Men decide to return home together. The chapter ended with Uchiha Mu inviting his students to a farewell celebration.

• Uchiha Mu told Madara that he had shared Madara’s story to encourage the clansmen, and Madara left without questioning him about the tailed beasts.
• Hyuga Lingnai decided that Uchiha Mu would escort Keiko Uzumaki and the other Uzumaki clansmen home, while Keiko asked whether he intended to divide her clan.
• Uchiha Mu told Keiko that he wanted the Uzumaki to live more safely and promised to help if their clan faced danger.
• Uzumaki Shana asked Uzumaki Men to return home with her and help change their clan, and Men agreed to go and consider marriage after they spent time together.
• Uchiha Mu appeared at the training ground, arranged a farewell celebration, and invited the students who had been secretly watching.

Uchiha Mu brought the Uzumaki trainees back to the Land of Whirlpools after a year of training, and Uzumaki Shana and Uzumaki Men sought roles in village leadership. Uzumaki Ashina welcomed them and allowed Keiko Uzumaki to leave with Mu, who offered to bring another group back for training.

• At dinner, Uchiha Mu and the others congratulated Uzumaki Men and Uzumaki Shana on their relationship before the group prepared to part.
• Uchiha Mu and Keiko Uzumaki led twenty-one people back to the Land of Whirlpools, training through combat and fighting bandits along the way.
• Uzumaki Ashina welcomed the returning group, and Uzumaki Shana asked to manage the village alongside Uzumaki Men.
• Uzumaki Ashina told Shana and Men to win the elders' approval, while the pair agreed to face the clan's shinobi.
• Uzumaki Mu told Uzumaki Ashina that he was taking Keiko Uzumaki with him, and Ashina let her go before Mu offered to bring another group back.

Uchiha Mu strengthened his ties with the Uzumaki Clan by training its members and agreeing to marry Keiko Uzumaki. Their marriage alliance alarmed the major nations and angered the Hyuga Clan, which saw itself being placed beneath the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Mu's techniques and training helped the Uzumaki youths defeat their peers, and Uzumaki Ashina agreed to send more descendants to study with him.
• Uzumaki Ashina discussed Uchiha Mu's marriage to Keiko Uzumaki, and Uchiha Mu agreed to announce their alliance.
• The Uzumaki Clan announced the marriage alliance, prompting intelligence ninja from major nations to investigate whether the Land of Whirlpools, Konoha, and the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation might join forces.
• The Hyuga Clan resented the alliance because Keiko Uzumaki represented the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation while Hyuga Lingnai shared Uchiha Mu with her.

Black Zetsu established himself as a ramen shop owner in the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation and used his business to influence Madara Uchiha while Uchiha Mu watched him cautiously. Meanwhile, the Hyuga Clan abandoned its plan to punish Hyuga Lingnai after realizing it could not challenge her or Uchiha Mu.

• Black Zetsu served Madara Uchiha beef ramen and gradually became a regular source of conversation about the village’s conflicts and hardships.
• Madara left the shop troubled by the shinobi world’s persistent strife and uncertain whether the Stone Tablet and the Eye of the Moon Plan were trustworthy.
• Uchiha Mu’s clone learned that Black Zetsu was operating the ramen shop, but Uchiha Mu decided to monitor him rather than act rashly and considered approaching Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• A White Zetsu disrupted the shop by asking customers what it felt like to poop, and Black Zetsu dragged him away.
• Hyuga Tenka warned the Hyuga Clan that Hyuga Lingnai could fly with the Seven-Tails and that provoking her could bring Uchiha Mu’s retaliation.
• The Hyuga Clan gave up its plan to kill Hyuga Lingnai and recover her Byakugan, choosing instead to ignore news about her.

Uchiha Mu’s growing power and plans to absorb the Uzumaki Clan alarmed the other shinobi villages, but none could agree on how to stop him. Kirigakure feared he would next target its clans and their kekkei genkai, while the chapter ended with a Yuki clansman demanding action.

• Uchiha Setsuna recognized that the Uchiha Clan was neglecting its own strength as it basked in Uchiha Mu and Madara Uchiha’s glory.
• Tobirama Senju copied Uchiha Mu’s Shadow Clone and Rasengan techniques, while Hashirama Senju resolved to hold another Five Kage Summit to advance peace.
• The Tsuchikage, Mū, and Ōnoki discussed whether the villages could prevent Uchiha Mu from annexing the Land of Whirlpools, but they found no viable coalition.
• Kumogakure chose to avoid confronting Uchiha Mu, while Kirigakure panicked over reports that Kakuzu’s bounty hunters had taken children from the Kaguya and Yuki clans.
• Hozuki Gengetsu opposed attacking the Uzumaki Clan, and a Yuki clansman demanded to know how Kirigakure would protect its people from Uchiha Mu.

Mizukage Byakuren sought Konoha’s help after the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation’s child-taking caused panic, while Uchiha Mu built influence through trade and raised the children he brought there. In the Land of Whirlpools, Mu strengthened ties with the Uzumaki Clan and trained its children, leaving them far stronger than their elders expected.

• Byakuren ordered Kirigakure to condemn the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation’s actions and ask Konoha to mediate after a Yuki Clan member complained about a missing girl.
• Sunagakure accepted Uchiha Mu’s low-interest loans and merchant access, becoming increasingly dependent on trade with his nation.
• Shinobi in the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation welcomed Rei and other young children with food, sweets, and companionship, while Kakuzu took children who wanted to leave to work at the merchant association.
• Uchiha Mu and Uzumaki Ashina developed closer ties through trade, and Mu woke beside Keiko Uzumaki after drinking with the clan elder.
• Uchiha Mu sparred with twenty Uzumaki children and defeated them without using his Sharingan, impressing the clan members who watched.

Uchiha Mu accepted Konoha’s invitation to the Five Kage Summit and traveled there with Hyuga Lingnai and Keiko Uzumaki. On the way to the summit, he tried to persuade Tobirama Senju to sell Konoha’s products through his trading association, leaving Tobirama wary but intrigued.

• Uchiha Mu accepted Konoha’s invitation and decided that Hyuga Lingnai and Keiko Uzumaki would accompany him.
• Keiko Uzumaki approved funding for Uchiha Mu’s mobile-phone research despite her concern about the cost.
• Uchiha Mu, Hyuga Lingnai, and Keiko Uzumaki arrived at Konoha, where Hyuga Lingnai demonstrated her strength to a Hyuga Branch Family guard.
• Tobirama Senju met the visitors and led them onward while trading barbs with Uchiha Mu about Wood Release.
• Uchiha Mu proposed that Konoha sell its products through his trading association, and Tobirama Senju suspected a trap but considered the offer.

Uchiha Mu returned to Konoha, where he struck a business deal with Tobirama Senju and visited his former home and an elderly Uchiha. After confronting hostile clansmen and demonstrating the gap in their abilities, he prepared to collect Izuna Uchiha’s belongings and set the clan straight.

• Uchiha Mu paid Tobirama Senju thirty million ryo for a contract, then proposed a canned-fish business and agreed on a profit split.
• Uchiha Mu headed to the Uchiha grounds with Keiko Uzumaki and Hyuga Lingnai, while Tobirama Senju noted that Hyuga Tenka wanted to see Hyuga Lingnai.
• Uchiha Mu visited an elderly Uchiha who had once saved him and gave him money.
• Several Uchiha clansmen confronted Uchiha Mu, but he trapped them in genjutsu with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and told them their clan’s glory came from its powerful members.
• Uchiha Mu rejected the clansmen’s accusation of betrayal and said he had returned to collect Izuna Uchiha’s belongings and straighten out the clan.

Uchiha Mu reconsidered his prejudices about the Uchiha after speaking with Setsuna, then decided to train the clan during his visit to Konoha. Tobirama Senju allowed shinobi from other clans to attend as well, provided he could be present.

• Uchiha Setsuna challenged Mu's views on clans, the Uchiha, and Madara's departure before giving him Izuna's packed belongings.
• Mu recognized that he had been arrogant and reconsidered his assumptions about the Uchiha Clan.
• Mu spoke with Kagami Uchiha, discussed the possibility of an Uchiha becoming Hokage, and offered to train him and the clan.
• Tobirama Senju questioned Mu's motives and objected to the training, but agreed to let other clans' shinobi attend if he was present.
• Tobirama sent an ANBU to announce Mu's lessons to the other shinobi clans.

Hyuga Lingnai confronted the Hyuga Main Family and used her strength to secure permission to take Hyuga Rei away without activating the Caged Bird Seal. Rei left the compound with Lingnai, who planned to stay in Konoha briefly before returning home.

• Hyuga Lingnai challenged the Hyuga elders to fight her over the Caged Bird Seal, then defeated the Grand Elder and injured the Clan Leader with her overwhelming chakra and attacks.
• Hyuga Lingnai revealed that she had come to Konoha for a Shinobi World conference and asked to take her former guard with her.
• The Hyuga Clan Leader agreed, and the Grand Elder promised not to activate the Caged Bird Seal against Lingnai or Rei.
• Hyuga Lingnai found Hyuga Rei in poor condition, apologized for arriving late, and comforted her.
• Hyuga Rei left the Hyuga Clan Compound with Lingnai, who said they would stay in Konoha for a few days before going home.

Keiko Uzumaki told Mito Uzumaki how Uchiha Mu had strengthened ties with the Uzumaki Clan, and Mito went to see his teaching session. Uchiha Mu defeated Shimura Danzō and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to teach the gathered Konoha clans chakra nature transformation and the Mystical Palm Technique through genjutsu.

• Keiko Uzumaki explained to Mito Uzumaki how Uchiha Mu had trained Uzumaki children, helped the clan prosper, and earned its trust.
• After an Anbu ninja announced Uchiha Mu's teaching session, Mito Uzumaki went to watch him with Hashirama Senju and the gathered Konoha clans.
• Shimura Danzō challenged Uchiha Mu, who evaded his attacks and sent him flying with a kick.
• Uchiha Mu activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and drew everyone present into a genjutsu to teach chakra nature transformation and the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Tobirama Senju failed to break free of Uchiha Mu's genjutsu and experienced the chakra nature transformations and medical ninjutsu lesson.

Uchiha Mu taught the visiting shinobi chakra nature transformation through genjutsu, impressing Mito Uzumaki and unsettling clans accustomed to guarding their techniques. After Hashirama Senju accepted Mu’s request for his cells and explained his plan to distribute the tailed beasts, the chapter ended with the branch-family Hyuga watching Hyuga Lingnai and Rei and envying Lingnai.

• Uchiha Mu taught the visiting shinobi and the Nine-Tails chakra nature transformation through genjutsu, while Mito Uzumaki marveled at the experience.
• Hashirama Senju asked Uchiha Mu to return to Konoha, thanked him for advancing Medical Ninjutsu, and let him collect a piece of his flesh and blood.
• Uchiha Mu told Hashirama Senju he had left because he saw Konoha as a single shinobi clan, and Hashirama affirmed his plan to distribute the tailed beasts for peace.
• The Nine-Tails emerged from the genjutsu unbound and resolved to remember Uchiha Mu and ask Chōmei and Matatabi about him.
• Mito Uzumaki learned from Keiko Uzumaki that Mu tailored his lessons, while the Uchiha and Hyuga shinobi reflected uneasily on his willingness to share knowledge.
• A branch-family Hyuga girl envied Hyuga Lingnai as she watched Lingnai instruct Rei.

Uchiha Mu hosted the Five Kage and presented himself as a compassionate protector of orphans with kekkei genkai, while the leaders weighed the threat his growing nation posed. The meeting turned toward business when Mu announced a new venture for the villages to discuss.

• Uchiha Mu healed Hyuga Rei’s scars, welcomed her to the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, and left village-building matters to Tobirama Senju.
• The Five Kage arrived in Konoha, and Uchiha Mu joined the meeting with Hyuga Lingnai, Keiko Uzumaki, and Hyuga Rei behind him.
• The Kazekage questioned Konoha’s Hyuga moving to Mu’s nation, and Mu warned that Sunagakure’s trade with him could be affected.
• Byakuren accused Uchiha Mu of luring people with kekkei genkai from Kirigakure, but Mu denied it and said he helped struggling orphans.
• The other village representatives rejected Mu’s actions and considered opposing him, but their unspoken alliance collapsed when Sunagakure and Konoha stayed out of it.
• Uchiha Mu announced that he wanted to discuss a new business venture with the villages, and the Kazekage asked what it was.

Uchiha Mu introduced films as a way for the villages to share their stories and earn profits, while Hashirama called the Kage together to discuss lasting peace. The Kage raised concerns about Konoha’s tailed beasts and the danger posed by future leaders, leaving the peace talks mired in objections.

• Uchiha Mu screened a film about Hashirama and Madara’s friendship and the feud between their clans.
• Uchiha Mu offered the villages a share of film profits and the right to review films before they were shown, and the Kage agreed to the arrangement.
• Hashirama explained that he had invited the Kage to discuss peace and bowed until his head touched the table.
• The Kazekage and Tsuchikage argued that Konoha’s tailed beasts could threaten other villages after Hashirama’s time.
• The Tsuchikage said the villages lacked the strength to stop Konoha from breaking the peace, and the other Kage joined the argument.

Hashirama Senju settled the peace talks by distributing the tailed beasts among the hidden villages, despite their mistrust of Konoha. Uchiha Mu secured permission to take willing Uchiha from Konoha and considered how to recruit them as the group left the meeting.

• Hashirama Senju promised to distribute the tailed beasts to deter future wars, then assigned them among Sunagakure, the Land of Water, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Mu asked to take any ordinary Uchiha willing to leave with him, and Hashirama agreed not to stop them.
• The Kage signed the peace agreement and prepared to take their tailed beasts home for study.
• Keiko Uzumaki called Hashirama naive for strengthening rival villages, while Uchiha Mu suggested Asura's chakra might be influencing him.
• Hyuga Lingnai asked Uchiha Mu how he planned to persuade Uchiha to leave Konoha.

Uchiha Mu recruited fewer than fifty Uchiha civilians to join the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation and transported them away with Flying Thunder God. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu resolved to wait for Hashirama Senju to die before plunging the Shinobi World into war and steering Madara back toward the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Uchiha Mu told Hyuga Lingnai and Keiko Uzumaki that he planned to recruit poorer Uchiha by promising them wealth in the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation.
• Uchiha Mu addressed the Uchiha civilians gathered by Uchiha Setsuna, and fewer than fifty clan members agreed to leave with him.
• Uchiha Mu linked the recruits with tailed beast chakra and used Flying Thunder God to take them away, while Tobirama Senju recognized his stolen technique.
• Black Zetsu concluded that Madara Uchiha doubted the Eye of the Moon Plan and planned to provoke repeated wars after Hashirama Senju died.