Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen negotiated a temporary halt to Kumogakure’s attack by warning the Raikage that Uchiha Mu threatened every village, while proposing an alliance against the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation. Tobirama Senju then explained that the villages were too divided for a united front, leaving Konoha with few options as Sunagakure prospered under Uchiha Mu.

• Hiruzen fought the Raikage with Enma’s Golden Cudgel and persuaded him to discuss cooperation against Uchiha Mu.
• The Raikage agreed to withdraw if Konoha took on Kumogakure’s debt to Uchiha Mu, and Hiruzen led the Konoha shinobi away from the battlefield.
• Hiruzen explained the purpose of the conflict to the Konoha shinobi, while Kagami Uchiha warned that they might struggle to fight a war they did not believe in.
• Tobirama Senju arrived and pointed out that Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure had conflicting interests that undermined an alliance.
• Hiruzen learned how much Sunagakure had improved under Uchiha Mu, and Shimura Danzō struck a wall in frustration over Konoha’s predicament.

Hiruzen Sarutobi negotiated Kirigakure’s withdrawal from the war by offering Sealing Jutsu and sought to organize the villages against Uchiha Mu. The chapter ended with Uchiha Setsuna agreeing to lead the Uchiha against Sunagakure while wondering how Mu would rule.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed contacting Kirigakure, and Tobirama Senju accepted the chance to oppose Uchiha Mu.
• Hiruzen traveled to the Kirigakure front with Uchiha Setsuna and offered the Mizukage Sealing Jutsu in exchange for Kirigakure’s cooperation.
• The Mizukage agreed to retreat after receiving Sealing Jutsu scrolls, though he planned to attack smaller countries rather than the Uzumaki Clan.
• Uchiha Setsuna warned Hiruzen that the Uchiha might defect if Konoha targeted Uchiha Mu, and Hiruzen assigned them to fight Sunagakure instead.
• Uchiha Setsuna accepted the assignment and wondered whether Uchiha Mu would rule like Madara or govern as he had in Sunagakure.

As the Great Ninja War drove refugees into the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, Uchiha Mu prepared to resettle them while remaining confident about the alliance forming against him. He reassured the newcomers that they were safe under his rule, and they were led away to their new homes.

• Keiko Uzumaki urged Uchiha Mu to strike first against the villages forming an alliance, but he refused and asked how many refugees had arrived.
• Keiko reported that two hundred thousand people had come since the war began, including one hundred and fifty thousand from within the nation’s borders.
• Uchiha Mu decided to send a clone to reassure the refugees, whose arrival had lowered the nation’s happiness index.
• Yiko and Xiaohui clung to each other in the camp and asked their parents not to leave them alone again.
• A shinobi gathered the refugees to meet Uchiha Mu, and he lifted a frightened family to their feet and assured them they would be safe.
• Uchiha Mu explained the rules to the refugees, and the shinobi led them to their new homes.

Yiko and Xiaohui’s family settled into a new home provided by Uchiha Mu, while Iwagakure learned that Konoha, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure had allied against the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation. Iwagakure agreed to explore joining them, and the four villages arranged a summit as their clans prepared to fight Uchiha Mu.

• Yiko asked whether she and Xiaohui could become shinobi, and their escort explained that they could attend the Ninja Academy and that talented students would pay nothing.
• The escort brought Yiko and Xiaohui’s family to their furnished new home, where their father told them they would start their lives over.
• Tsuchikage Mū convened Iwagakure’s leaders after learning that Konoha, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure had allied against the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation.
• Ōnoki argued that the alliance’s target was Uchiha Mu and urged Iwagakure to join it; Mū ordered contact with Konoha.
• Konoha arranged a Four Kage Summit for three days later, while shinobi clans across the villages prepared to exhaust Uchiha Mu in battles throughout the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation.
• Hyuga Tenka considered seeking descendants with Uchiha Mu because his son had awakened the Byakugan, but doubted that approaching him would be practical.

The leaders of the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation and its allies met to plan for an impending war against an alliance of four great shinobi villages. Uchiha Mu assigned defenses and prepared to use clones, while the Four Kage Summit failed to agree on a strategy and adjourned to negotiate further.

• Uzumaki Men and Uzumaki Shana arrived with their children, and Yufeng’s crude remark earned him a kick from Yucheng.
• Sha Yi, Chiyo, and Ebizo visited the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, where Chiyo recognized its rapid development and Ebizo warned that Sunagakure’s next Kazekage would have to maintain the alliance.
• Uchiha Mu revealed intelligence that four great shinobi villages were preparing to attack, rejected Hanzō’s proposal to poison their water, and ordered defenses while promising to deploy clones.
• The Four Kage Summit discussed how to wear down Uchiha Mu and attack his territories, but the Kage argued over who would face which fronts and reached no agreement.
• Tobirama Senju advised Hiruzen that the villages would need to offer concessions, and Hiruzen returned to his room to consider what Konoha could bargain with.

Hiruzen and Danzo tried to form an alliance against Uchiha Mu, but the Kage's disputes over strategy and funding broke the talks apart. After learning the other villages had no firm plan to attack, Uchiha Mu lowered the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation's alert level while keeping its guard up.

• Hiruzen, Danzo, and Tobirama Senju negotiated with the other Kage, who agreed to divide their attacks across the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, Sunagakure, and the Uzumaki Clan.
• The Kage rejected a large army in favor of elite squads on the main front, and Danzo suggested targeting civilians before Tobirama Senju stopped him.
• The Raikage, Tsuchikage, and Mizukage said their villages could not afford another war, prompting Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen, and Danzo to leave the conference.
• The other Kage abandoned the alliance, while the Raikage considered fighting Konoha and learned his chances had fallen to zero.
• Uchiha Mu monitored the conference through White Zetsu, decided he had overestimated the other villages, and ordered his forces to lower their alert level without dropping their guard.

Hashirama Senju asked Uchiha Mu why wars persisted without hatred, and Mu explained how population growth, scarce resources, and political interests drove conflict. Hashirama returned to the Underworld after asking Mu to treat Konoha’s people as well as he treated his own, while Mu prepared to expand his influence across the shinobi world.

• Hashirama Senju confronted Uchiha Mu about the causes of war between villages that held no hatred for one another.
• Uchiha Mu explained that growing populations strained clan territories and village resources, while daimyo kept funding limited and wanted shinobi to remain weapons.
• Madara Uchiha listened outside, spoke with Keiko Uzumaki about Mu’s respect for him, then left to visit his students Kyu and Naoki.
• Hashirama asked Uchiha Mu to treat Konoha’s people as well as he treated the people of the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, then released Impure World Reincarnation and returned to the Underworld.
• Uchiha Mu decided to keep selling weapons and use economic and cultural influence to bring the other shinobi villages under his control.

Hiruzen and Danzo coordinated a desperate attack against Kumogakure, leading to the Raikage’s death and Konoha’s victory on their front. Danzo’s surviving raiders remained trapped inside Kumogakure as Hiruzen moved to confront Iwagakure.

• The Raikage launched a brutal assault on Konoha, and Danzo volunteered to lead a surprise raid on Kumogakure while Hiruzen held him at the front.
• Danzo led a squad including Hyuga ninja through Kumogakure’s defenses, destroying supplies and settlements before infiltrating the village and causing widespread chaos.
• Hiruzen fought the Raikage until news of the attack reached the battlefield, and Kagami joined him to prevent the Raikage from withdrawing.
• The Raikage ordered his forces to return to Kumogakure, but Konoha pursued them; surrounded and wounded, he killed a ninja and blew himself up rather than be captured.
• Hiruzen left some ninja at the battlefield and led the rest toward the Iwagakure front, while Danzo and six surviving raiders struggled to escape Kumogakure.

Uchiha Mu eliminated Kumogakure shinobi fleeing to the Land of Iron, while Iwagakure and Kirigakure prepared to unite against his growing power. He defeated the Land of Iron’s general and Mifune, arranged for White Zetsu to impersonate them, and departed for Kumogakure.

• Uchiha Mu killed the Kumogakure shinobi trying to return home and explained that his loans gave him a pretext to take control of the village.
• Mū and Ōnoki resolved to unite with Konoha and Kirigakure, while Mū sent shinobi to secretly take money from the Land of Lightning’s daimyo and nobles.
• Mustache urged Kirigakure to prepare for a final war, but the Kaguya Clan’s leader advised waiting to see what happened to Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Mu defeated the Land of Iron’s general and Mifune after learning that the general had discussed a campaign against him.
• Uchiha Mu killed the general and Mifune, ordered White Zetsu to impersonate them, and left for Kumogakure.

After Danzo's attack left Kumogakure devastated, Uchiha Mu arrived to enforce his trade demands and announced that he would help rebuild the village. A accepted Mu's terms and ordered the civilians gathered, leaving Kumogakure under growing pressure from the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation.

• Danzo's surviving group escaped their pursuers while Hiruzen and Tobirama joined the battle against Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who continued fighting despite the Raikage's death.
• Uchiha Mu reached Kumogakure and demanded that it stop obstructing trade from the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation and stop taking an additional cut.
• Uchiha Mu entered the ruined village and ordered its officials to gather the civilians, claiming he would build them houses for free.
• The lead shinobi told A that Mu had come to collect his debt and described his demands, prompting A to consider resisting before remembering the Second Raikage's warning.
• A agreed to comply, ordered the civilians gathered, and sent a shinobi to seek money from the Daimyo or take it from nobles.

Uchiha Mu took control of Kumogakure’s debt and offered aid to rebuild the war-damaged village, while demonstrating the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation’s prosperity to its leaders. A and the lead shinobi decided to submit for now, strengthen Kumogakure with Uchiha Mu’s support, and seek independence after his death.

• Uchiha Mu showed the villagers the contract mortgaging Kumogakure and struck A when he challenged its authenticity.
• Uchiha Mu offered economic aid, affordable supplies, home rebuilding, and a Service Office, then used shadow clones and Wood Release to build houses.
• Uchiha Mu brought A and the lead shinobi to the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, where they saw its modern streets and heard an old resident describe its development.
• At the Ninja Academy, A and the lead shinobi watched children fight a miniature tailed beast and recognized the gap between their villages.
• A and the lead shinobi agreed to submit to Uchiha Mu, use his money to develop Kumogakure, and rebel after his death.

Uchiha Mu secured Kumogakure’s cooperation through debt, aid, and economic ties, while his influence over its civilians grew. Alarmed by Kumogakure’s submission, Konoha, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure formed a rival alliance, leaving the shinobi world divided into two great alliances.

• A asked Uchiha Mu to establish friendly relations, but Uchiha Mu insisted that Kumogakure could only cooperate as a debtor and arranged for Kakuzu’s trading company to visit.
• Uchiha Mu explained to Keiko Uzumaki that lending Kumogakure the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation’s currency would tie its economy to his nation, while his clone observed civilian discontent and screened banned films.
• A agreed to comprehensive cooperation and extended debt repayments, and Uchiha Mu canceled Konoha factory orders in favor of building factories in Kumogakure.
• After A announced his succession as Third Raikage and the alliance, Uchiha Mu killed shinobi who challenged him, while spies carried news of Kumogakure’s submission to other villages.
• Konoha’s leaders discussed uniting against Uchiha Mu, while Mū and Ōnoki weighed Iwagakure’s financial crisis and the need for an alliance.
• Konoha, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure announced their alliance, dividing the shinobi world into two rival blocs alongside Uchiha Mu’s Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure.