Chapter Summaries

Kakuzu used the daimyo and nobles to turn refrigerators and washing machines into a profitable business that spread across the Five Great Nations. The resulting purchases strained some villages’ funding, prompting their leaders to negotiate with their daimyo and investigate the products.

• Kakuzu partnered with the Fire daimyo and nobles, who promoted refrigerators and washing machines and earned shares of the business.
• The Fire daimyo received merchants, who placed large orders for appliances and electrical infrastructure, and Kakuzu sent Uchiha Mu a request to increase production.
• The First Tsuchikage rejected the idea of seizing the daimyo’s money, ordered Mū to investigate the appliances, and went to negotiate with the daimyo.
• The Raikage decided to negotiate with his daimyo while secretly sending shinobi to plunder smaller nations and investigate the products.
• The First Kazekage stopped Sunagakure’s leaders from attacking their daimyo and ordered them to sell construction sand to the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation and investigate the appliances.

Uchiha Mu expanded factory production and used Kakuzu’s sales to replenish the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation’s funds. His economic success prompted other villages to consider copying his business model, while Sunagakure struggled with dwindling resources.

• Uchiha Mu ordered the factory to run around the clock, promised higher wages, and redirected workers freed from farming into factory jobs.
• Kakuzu returned with nearly five hundred million ryō and intelligence after selling the nation’s stock, allowing Uchiha Mu to replenish his funds and expand production.
• Uchiha Mu planned new electrical appliances, ongoing electricity fees, and further income from the former daimyō living in the city.
• Tobirama Senju gathered Konoha clans with businesses and urged them to expand into the Land of Fire, while also planning a Ninja Academy modeled on Uchiha Mu’s.
• Iwagakure and Kumogakure explored ways to earn money, while Sunagakure’s Kazekage traded sand with Uchiha Mu’s nation as the village faced stagnation and declining funds.

Lushan settled into a secure life in the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation while Uchiha Mu sought new sources of income and upgraded the nation. Mu received resources and abilities that eased the financial crisis, leaving Keiko Uzumaki puzzled by his sudden claim that they had found gold.

• Lushan worked at a refrigerator factory and planned to bring his son there after learning he lacked talent as a ninja.
• Uchiha Mu learned from Keiko Uzumaki that the nation's expenses exceeded its income and considered slowing development.
• Uchiha Mu developed flavored Soldier Pills, tested them in shops, and built another factory to produce them for trade.
• Uchiha Mu upgraded the nation and received increased chakra, Spatial Perception Talent, seeds, blueprints, and ten thousand gold coins.
• Uchiha Mu told Keiko Uzumaki that a clone had found gold coins, claiming they were lost savings from a destroyed ninja clan.

Uchiha Mu managed the growing Hundred-Clan Shinobi Village as Keiko Uzumaki raised concerns about its finances and war-supply production. After learning that Kumogakure had found the Two-Tails in the Land of Lightning, Mu set out to capture it.

• Kakuzu’s Hundred-Clan Trading Company prospered, while Konoha also entered business and Uchiha Mu noted that the nobles could threaten shinobi commerce later.
• Uchiha Mu and Keiko Uzumaki discussed poor public safety, the village’s finances, and the risks of producing more soldier pills than they could sell.
• Uchiha Mu showed Keiko Uzumaki Kakuzu’s intelligence that Kumogakure had discovered the Two-Tails in the Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Mu decided to leave at once and set out to subdue the Two-Tails with genjutsu.
• Uchiha Mu reflected on the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Village’s rapid growth and the Uzumaki Clan members who were bringing their relatives there.

The former Daimyos invested in restaurants, lodging, and clothing businesses in the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Village, helping its economy and tax revenue grow. Meanwhile, Tobirama Senju learned that Uchiha Mu was heading to the Land of Lightning and ordered intelligence gathered on the tailed beasts and a warning sent to Kumogakure.

• The former Daimyo of the Land of Waterfalls opened five stir-fry restaurants near busy areas, and they quickly filled with diners.
• The former Daimyo of the Land of Frost renovated houses for visitors and merchants, then established a clothing factory with sewing machines and hired models.
• Merchants and other wealthy people began investing in the village, reducing Uchiha Mu's expenses and increasing tax revenue.
• An Anbu ninja told Tobirama Senju that Uchiha Mu had left the village and appeared to be heading for the Land of Lightning.
• After hearing that people in the Land of Lightning had died fighting a giant two-tailed cat, Tobirama Senju ordered intelligence gathered on the other tailed beasts and a warning sent to Kumogakure.

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.