Chapter Summaries

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.

Uchiha Ishii began a new life in Uchiha Mu’s village, where he found stable factory work and a level of comfort and activity unlike anything he had known in Konoha. After exploring the village, he met Uchiha Ye and made plans to spend time with her.

• Uchiha Ishii followed Uchiha Mu’s group from Konoha and received a larger home in the new village.
• Uchiha Ishii learned that factory workers earned around eight thousand ryo a month and started making kettles after a short training session.
• Uchiha Ishii worked through the day, received meals at the factory, and returned home to discover electric lighting.
• Uchiha Ishii explored the busy streets and food stalls, marveling at the village’s unfamiliar sights and smells.
• Uchiha Ishii met Uchiha Ye, learned that she lived nearby, and agreed to explore the village with her in their free time.

Uchiha Mu expanded the village and discussed the prospects for peace with Madara, who questioned whether Hashirama’s tailed-beast policies could prevent future wars. Mu showed Madara prisoners trapped in a genjutsu that offered them peaceful dreams, leaving Madara’s resolve about the Eye of the Moon uncertain.

• Uchiha Mu recovered from the workload of processing documents with a shadow clone while the village prepared for a period of peace and growth.
• Uchiha Mu expanded the village’s perimeter and met Madara, who praised his leadership and asked how long peace could last.
• Uchiha Mu warned Madara that Hashirama’s distribution of tailed beasts would lead to harsher wars and questioned whether the Eye of the Moon carried fewer risks.
• Uchiha Mu took Madara to the prison and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to place the prisoners in a genjutsu that gave them peaceful dreams.
• Madara watched the prisoners and wavered over whether the Eye of the Moon offered the peace he wanted.

Uchiha Mu persuaded Madara to pursue greater power rather than agonize over peace, then confronted Black Zetsu and secured his cooperation. Black Zetsu agreed to gather intelligence for Mu, who planned to use reports on ordinary people's hardships to guide his work.

• Uchiha Mu convinced Madara to focus on growing stronger and agreed to handle Madara's affairs if his Rinnegan awakened near death.
• Keiko Uzumaki learned Madara was alive and promised to keep his survival secret.
• Uchiha Mu confronted Black Zetsu at the ramen shop and threatened to send the Seven-Tails to the moon, endangering Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's revival.
• Uchiha Mu offered to free Kaguya Ōtsutsuki in exchange for Black Zetsu helping strengthen the country and potentially annex other nations.
• Black Zetsu accepted the deal and agreed to gather intelligence, including information about ordinary people's hardships.

Uchiha Mu forged a summoning contract with Matatabi and gained her chakra, then spent two months developing an artificial kekkei genkai. After successfully creating Lava Release, he planned to teach it to trusted students and turn to developing Shuriken Shadow Clone.

• Black Zetsu agreed to gather information about ordinary people's hardships, while Uchiha Mu remained wary of his loyalty to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and his influence over Madara.
• Matatabi discussed Uchiha Mu with Chōmei and, after meeting Hyuga Lingnai, decided to accept Uchiha Mu's offer of a summoning contract.
• Uchiha Mu met Matatabi, received her chakra, and signed a summoning contract with her.
• Uchiha Mu experimented with combining fire and earth chakra and, after two months, successfully created an artificial Lava Release kekkei genkai.
• Uchiha Mu organized a training method for Lava Release to teach trusted students and planned to develop Shuriken Shadow Clone next.

The Land of Whirlpools prospered through fishing and trade with Konoha and the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, while the three became known as the shinobi world's Iron Triangle. Uchiha Mu returned to the office and spoke with pregnant Keiko Uzumaki about which inherited power their child might awaken.

• Uzumaki Men used his Adamantine Sealing Chains to haul in abundant fish, while he and Uzumaki Shana developed the Land of Whirlpools using the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation as a model.
• Tobirama Senju processed the fish into canned goods, and the product became popular across the shinobi world under the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation's brand.
• Other villages tried to copy the canned fish business but failed to reproduce its flavor and shelf life, and their spies were caught and put to work on village construction.
• Uzumaki Ashina tacitly accepted Uzumaki Shana and Uzumaki Men's leadership as he considered the clan's happiness more important than the village they had established.
• Uchiha Mu arrived at his office after spending time with Hyuga Lingnai, and Keiko Uzumaki asked whether their unborn child might awaken the Sharingan or the Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Uchiha Mu’s films changed how shinobi and civilians viewed one another while drawing investment and people to the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation. In Sunagakure, the films and their revenue gradually tied the village to Mu, and Chiyo weighed its future under his influence.

• Changping watched Uchiha Mu’s film about comrades and missions, felt moved, and chose to see another film about friendship and country.
• Uchiha Mu saw that the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation’s population had grown to over fifteen thousand and reflected that war might speed its development.
• Sunagakure’s leaders approved Uchiha Mu’s films for their revenue, while viewers grew interested in the relationships and prosperity shown in them.
• Chiyo recognized that Sunagakure might eventually be annexed without an attack, but believed life under Uchiha Mu could be better than resisting him.
• Chiyo considered forbidden techniques and thought about becoming a Human Puppet, though she had not decided to act on the idea.

Uchiha Mu welcomed Uzumaki Ruri and thirty other Uzumaki youths to the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation for an exchange program, while Yufeng and Yucheng traveled to the Land of Whirlpools to help Uzumaki Men train the clan’s children and develop the village. Ruri began her studies with Mu, and Yufeng started training the Uzumaki youths with ruthless enthusiasm.

• Uzumaki Ruri joined thirty other youths traveling to the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation to learn how their peers had trained.
• Uchiha Mu met the group, welcomed them as his students, and brought them to the village and Ninja Academy dormitory.
• Mu gave the Uzumaki youths money, then taught them genjutsu, chakra control, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, the Rasengan, and Shuriken Shadow Clone.
• Ruri declined an invitation to socialize after lessons and returned to the dormitory to write notes about her training.
• Yufeng and Yucheng arrived in the Land of Whirlpools, where Uzumaki Men assigned them to teach at the Ninja Academy and assist with construction.
• Yufeng saw the Uzumaki children’s great chakra reserves and began training them harshly with taijutsu.

Uchiha Mu's family settled into village life as Madara agreed to teach Mu's newborn children, Uchiha Kyu and Uchiha Naoki. Mu also checked on Senrin's Hashirama cell research and directed him to investigate Tobirama Senju's Impure World Reincarnation.

• Uchiha Mu asked Madara to become Uchiha Kyu and Uchiha Naoki's teacher, and Madara accepted.
• Keiko Uzumaki and Hyuga Lingnai soothed the crying children while Madara left after inviting Mu to spar.
• Uchiha Mu visited the laboratory, where Senrin reported that Hashirama cells were too vigorous for safe transplantation.
• Uchiha Mu told Senrin to research Impure World Reincarnation, and Senrin agreed.
• Uchiha Mu considered ways to protect himself from being revived after death as Tobirama Senju sneezed in his private laboratory in Konoha.

Uchiha Mu’s strategy made Chōmei and Matatabi celebrated, well-paid protectors, while reports of their freedom stirred envy among the other tailed beasts. Mito Uzumaki tried to negotiate with the hostile Nine-Tails, but he rejected her offer, and the other villages’ tailed beasts grew more resentful.

• Chōmei and Matatabi delighted in the villagers’ admiration, worked multiple jobs, and paid for their food.
• Uchiha Mu explained to Keiko Uzumaki that fame motivated the tailed beasts to work harder, while spies from other villages reported the pair’s unusual status.
• Mito Uzumaki told the Nine-Tails that Chōmei and Matatabi protected humans, and he attacked her after learning they were free to walk around.
• Mito Uzumaki offered the Nine-Tails more freedom if he cooperated, but he distrusted her and refused.
• Tobirama Senju reassured Mito Uzumaki that ANBU were gathering intelligence, while tailed beasts in other villages grew envious and resentful of Chōmei and Matatabi.

Uchiha Mu received the Land of Rain Daimyo, who wanted to sell his country, and considered buying it despite the challenges of connecting it to the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation. Hanzō saw the prosperous village and began to hope that Uchiha Mu’s rule could help Amegakure develop.

• The Land of Rain’s leaders agreed to send Hanzō with the Daimyo to negotiate selling the country to Uchiha Mu.
• Hanzō escorted the Daimyo into the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, where border shinobi arranged for them to enter its village.
• Uchiha Mu and Keiko Uzumaki discussed buying the Land of Rain and used the Flying Thunder God to meet the visitors.
• The Daimyo admired the village’s prosperity, while Hanzō realized Uchiha Mu seemed more capable than the Land of Rain’s rulers.
• Uchiha Mu agreed to let the Daimyo visit former rulers of other countries and considered how to bargain for the Land of Rain.