Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye explained his plans to overthrow the Daimyo system and offered Hyuga Hiashi a safer replacement for the Caged Bird Seal. After Hiashi agreed to support him, Bai Ye confronted the Land of Fire Daimyo and used the Mangekyo Sharingan to immobilize everyone present.

• Bai Ye proposed a world without Daimyo, with villages unified under shared decision-making, and said he planned to control the Daimyo before expanding his campaign to the moon.
• Bai Ye suggested replacing the Caged Bird Seal with a seal that would destroy or consume a stolen Byakugan, and Hyuga Hiashi agreed to pursue the idea using surviving Uzumaki sealing techniques.
• Hyuga Hiashi gave Bai Ye tacit permission to do as he wished about the Daimyo, and the two reached an agreement.
• After two days in the Land of Fire's capital, Bai Ye met the Land of Fire Daimyo, who challenged him over whether to call him the Uchiha Clan Head or the Fifth Hokage.
• When the Daimyo's nobles threatened to withdraw their support, Bai Ye invoked the Mangekyo Sharingan and froze everyone in the room, including the Twelve Guardian Ninja.

Bai Ye secured the Daimyo’s recognition of his position as Fifth Hokage and returned toward Konoha while Konan and Mei Terumi awaited meetings with him. Near the village, Bai Ye and his companions encountered someone approaching, and Bai Ye recognized her with surprise.

• Bai Ye used his Mangekyo Sharingan to influence the Daimyo and others into supporting Konoha, then learned that Asuma would remain with the Twelve Ninja Guardians and stay out of their feud.
• Bai Ye, Hiashi, and Shisui left the Land of Fire’s capital after settling the agreement, and official documents recognizing Bai Ye as Fifth Hokage spread the news across the surrounding regions.
• Uchiha Hui and Izumi celebrated the Daimyo’s endorsement, while Hui suggested that Izumi spend more time with Bai Ye.
• Konan questioned whether her visit to Konoha was wise after learning that Konoha and the Land of Fire had reached an agreement, and Shikaku handled her delegation’s request while Bai Ye was away.
• Mei Terumi toured Konoha and hoped Kirigakure might someday become like it, waiting for Bai Ye to return and answer her mission.
• Shisui sensed a ninja approaching Konoha and readied his kunai, but Bai Ye stopped him and recognized the approaching person with surprise.

Bai Ye encountered Kazahana Koyuki and Sandayu Asama fleeing Land of Snow samurai, then agreed to help after Koyuki commissioned Konoha to reclaim her country. He brought them to Konoha and revealed his plan to bring the Land of Snow into his system before returning to the Hokage's Office.

• Land of Snow samurai surrounded Kazahana Koyuki and Sandayu Asama, and Bai Ye initially prepared to leave rather than intervene.
• Kazahana Koyuki revealed that she was the Land of Snow's princess and that her uncle had killed her father and seized the throne.
• Bai Ye told Koyuki to commission Konoha, and she hired the village to help her; Bai Ye stopped the samurai from taking her and they retreated.
• Bai Ye brought Koyuki and Sandayu Asama to Konoha and arranged lodging while telling them he would speak with them later.
• Bai Ye told Hyuga Hiashi that he planned to help Koyuki return as queen in exchange for the Land of Snow joining his system.
• Shisui Uchiha and Hyuga Hiashi returned to their clans, and Bai Ye went to the Hokage's Office, where Shikaku welcomed his return.

Bai Ye reviewed Konoha’s diplomatic matters and discussed plans with Shikaku to develop commerce, infrastructure, food production, and technology for ninja and civilians alike. He left the chapter intending to meet Tsunade, negotiate with Kirigakure, and begin reforms that would make Konoha more prosperous.

• Shikaku briefed Bai Ye on Kirigakure’s invitation, the Rain Ninja’s visit, Tsunade’s refusal to return, and Jiraiya’s delayed return.
• Bai Ye recognized the visitor from Amegakure as Konan and considered using her hostility toward the Masked Man to approach the Rain Ninja and the Akatsuki.
• Bai Ye accepted Kirigakure’s invitation, planned to visit Tsunade himself, and told Shikaku he would approach the Rain Ninja later.
• Bai Ye proposed developing commerce and improving civilians’ livelihoods, with infrastructure and food production as the first priorities, followed by technological development.
• Shikaku approved of Bai Ye’s reform plan and raised questions about how ninja, clans, and civilians would participate and share the benefits.

Bai Ye agreed to discuss cooperation with Kirigakure if it returned the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan, while he considered using the talks to gain influence there. Meanwhile, Konan visited Konoha to negotiate for Amegakure and was startled when a man appeared beside her unnoticed.

• Shikaku reconsidered his prejudice against the Uchiha and went to bring Mei Terumi to Bai Ye.
• Mei Terumi delivered Yagura’s mission scroll, and Bai Ye recognized that Obito planned to lure him to Kirigakure and provoke a war.
• Bai Ye agreed to attend talks with Kirigakure if it returned the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan, and Mei Terumi agreed to ask the Fourth Mizukage.
• Bai Ye considered how to intervene in Kirigakure and concluded that Mei Terumi would be key to gaining influence there.
• Konan explored Konoha while preparing to negotiate cooperation for Amegakure, then a man appeared beside her without her noticing.

Hokage Bai Ye met with Konan and agreed to pursue trade between Konoha and Amegakure, arguing that improving civilians’ lives could help prevent war. As Konan and Nagato considered the benefits, Obito prepared a trap for Bai Ye in Kirigakure, confident he would come.

• Bai Ye walked with Konan through Konoha, discussed the villagers’ needs and the causes of war, and agreed to review Amegakure’s proposed trade list.
• Konan reported the meeting to Nagato, who warned her not to trust Konoha but agreed that trade in everyday necessities deserved consideration.
• Konan considered how trade might help Amegakure’s struggling civilians and worried about explaining the expense to Kakuzu.
• Mei Terumi questioned Yagura’s decision to offer Konoha the Byakugan and wondered why he wanted Bai Ye to visit Kirigakure.
• Obito told White Zetsu that Bai Ye would come to Kirigakure and that he intended to spring a trap, even if it led to war between the villages.

Obito planned to use a war with Kirigakure to eliminate Bai Ye and weaken the shinobi nations before launching the Eye of the Moon Plan. In Konoha, Bai Ye prepared to visit Kirigakure, threatened to expand Konoha into the Land of Grass, and directed Shikaku to develop the village’s economy and technology.

• Obito told Black Zetsu he planned to exploit Bai Ye’s trip to Kirigakure, stir up wars among the major nations, and capture the tailed beasts after they had weakened themselves.
• Bai Ye told Shikaku he would bring Tsunade back and then travel to Kirigakure, insisting he could defeat the entire village and seal its tailed beasts if necessary.
• Bai Ye ordered Shikaku to send a squad to search Uzushio Village and demand that Kusagakure hand over surviving members of the Uzumaki Clan, using refusal as a pretext for war.
• Bai Ye declared that Konoha would annex the Land of Grass after conquering it, and Shikaku struggled to accept his plans.
• Bai Ye urged Shikaku to advance Konoha’s banking, commercial, agricultural, and technological development, including establishing a Science Academy and recruiting talent.

Bai Ye offered to help Kazahana Koyuki reclaim the Land of Snow on the condition that it join his project to unify the Shinobi World. Koyuki accepted, and Bai Ye assigned Shisui and Kakashi to carry out the mission, leaving Shisui wondering whether Koyuki might become his sister-in-law.

• Bai Ye planned to strengthen Konoha and decided that Kazahana Koyuki could help advance his cultural influence and bring the Land of Snow into his plans.
• Bai Ye offered Koyuki either a paid mission or free assistance in exchange for the Land of Snow becoming part of Konoha’s unified nation, and Koyuki initially rejected the idea.
• Bai Ye explained his plan to unify the Shinobi World and promised Koyuki the chance to govern the Land of Snow, while Sandayu Asama asked him to marry her as a guarantee.
• Bai Ye promised the Land of Snow a place on a future Council and opened trade as part of the deal, while asking Koyuki to make films promoting Konoha; Koyuki accepted.
• Bai Ye assigned Shisui and Kakashi to the Land of Snow mission, and Shisui wondered whether Koyuki might become Bai Ye’s sister-in-law.

Bai Ye left Konoha to persuade Tsunade to return, finding her at a Tanzaku Town casino after devising a plan to approach her through her love of gambling. Tsunade paid two million for Bai Ye’s winning slot-machine seat and confidently took over as he continued playing beside her.

• Bai Ye left Shikaku in charge of Konoha’s paperwork and traveled to Tanzaku Town to find Tsunade.
• Bai Ye located Tsunade at the largest casino in town and won repeatedly at a slot machine without using any tricks.
• Tsunade asked Bai Ye to switch seats, but he first demanded one million and later raised the price to two million after his winnings grew.
• Tsunade paid Bai Ye two million for the seat, took his place, and vowed to win back her money.
• Bai Ye sat at Tsunade’s former machine and continued playing as Tsunade began gambling in his winning seat.

Bai Ye won a fortune at the casino while Tsunade lost her money and borrowed from him to keep gambling. After Tsunade rescued Bai Ye from a gang seeking his winnings, she immediately asked him for another loan.

• Tsunade lost all her money at the slot machines while Bai Ye won about fifty million.
• The casino owner arranged a high-stakes card game, and Tsunade borrowed five million from Bai Ye to play.
• Bai Ye won every hand at the table, while Tsunade lost and borrowed another five million from him.
• Bai Ye left the casino with at least a hundred million, but a gang cornered him in an alley to steal it.
• Tsunade arrived, drove off the gang, declared Bai Ye under her protection, and asked to borrow another ten million.

Tsunade gambled away more than a billion ryo borrowed from Bai Ye and tried to flee Tanzaku Town with Shizune and Pig. Bai Ye intercepted them and asked Tsunade to return to Konoha, then revealed that he was the Uchiha she had just insulted.

• Tsunade told Shizune she had won money by borrowing ten million ryo from Bai Ye, then lost it and accumulated a debt of at least a billion during two and a half days of gambling.
• Tsunade and Shizune decided to run from Tanzaku Town, but Bai Ye intercepted them outside the town.
• Tsunade demanded to know what Bai Ye wanted, and he asked her to come back to Konoha.
• Tsunade refused to return, declared she would not repay the debt, and called Uchiha Bai Ye an inherently evil brat.
• Bai Ye told Tsunade that she had to repay him and revealed that he was the Uchiha she had just insulted.

Bai Ye confronted Tsunade over her gambling debts and tried to bring her back to Konoha, defeating her in a clash of strength. He offered her a role training medical ninjas and running Konoha Hospital, then revealed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan as a possible way to help her overcome her hemophobia.

• Tsunade refused to return to Konoha, but Bai Ye demanded repayment of the billion she owed him and threatened to expose her IOUs.
• Tsunade attacked Bai Ye to seize the IOUs, but he caught her kick while using perfect Senjutsu and overpowered her.
• Tsunade refused to return even after losing, offering to help Konoha in a future war and develop medicines instead.
• Bai Ye said he wanted Tsunade to train medical ninjas and direct Konoha Hospital, and offered to help with her hemophobia.
• Tsunade recognized Bai Ye's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and realized he intended to use its genjutsu to help her overcome her fear.

Bai Ye used genjutsu to help Tsunade overcome her hemophobia and persuaded her to return to Konoha for a salary. On the way back, he explained his view of the village’s history and revealed the origins of the Uchiha and Senju clans through the descendants of Indra and Asura.

• Shizune tried to free Tsunade from Bai Ye’s genjutsu, but her chakra had no effect, and Bai Ye joked that Shisui could use Kotoamatsukami if his treatment failed.
• Tsunade emerged from the genjutsu, attacked Bai Ye, and admitted she had overcome her hemophobia, though she was furious about what she had experienced.
• Bai Ye persuaded Tsunade to return to Konoha by offering her one hundred million per year, and she accepted despite owing him a billion.
• Tsunade thanked Bai Ye for resolving the matter involving Nawaki, and Bai Ye argued that the village’s priorities had changed when Hashirama Senju attacked Madara.
• Tsunade questioned Bai Ye about his Senjutsu and vitality, and he identified his condition as a sage body and began explaining the Sage of Six Paths’ sons, Indra and Asura.
• Bai Ye said Indra’s and Asura’s descendants formed two clans, and Tsunade recognized them as the Uchiha and the Senju.

Bai Ye persuaded Tsunade to return to Konoha by offering her a casino, a winning method, and VIP gambling credit, while explaining his theory about the Senju and Uchiha lineages. Tsunade arrived after four days of fighting with Bai Ye, and he immediately assigned her a hospital post while telling Shikaku that her salary would go toward her billion debt.

• Bai Ye explained to Tsunade that the Senju and Uzumaki inherited the Sage of Six Paths' sage body, while the Uchiha inherited his sage eyes, and claimed he had awakened his own sage body.
• Shizune speculated that a Senju-Uchiha child might become the Sage of Six Paths, then Tsunade agreed to stay in Konoha until she paid off her debt after Bai Ye promised her casino perks and a method for winning bets.
• Tsunade attacked Bai Ye after he teased her about her age and said he preferred gentler women, and the pair kept fighting during their journey back to Konoha.
• Tsunade, Shizune, and Bai Ye reached Konoha after four days, and villagers celebrated Tsunade's return.
• Bai Ye told Shikaku to appoint Tsunade director of Konoha Hospital and the Medical Research Institute, with her salary deducted from the billion she owed him.

Bai Ye reviewed plans for Konoha’s sweeping infrastructure and economic expansion while Tsunade explored the village and accepted her new role as director of Konoha Hospital. The chapter ended with Tsunade discovering that she and Shizune had no money to buy food.

• Shikaku presented Bai Ye with proposals for the Konoha Grand Infrastructure Plan, and Bai Ye outlined investments in technology, food, education, medicine, culture, and business.
• Tsunade learned that the plan included a casino and bars, then visited the cleaned-up Senju Clan compound with Shizune.
• Tsunade encountered Jiraiya, told him she would stay in Konoha and lead its hospital, and heard that he had given up seeking revenge against Bai Ye.
• Jiraiya left to visit Naruto, while Tsunade decided to get food and tour Konoha with Shizune.
• Shizune reminded Tsunade that they had spent all their money and owed Bai Ye a billion, leaving Tsunade stunned that she could not pay for food.

Bai Ye was inaugurated as the Fifth Hokage and announced plans to develop Konoha across technology, the economy, infrastructure, healthcare, culture, and food production. The villagers celebrated his vision, while Sasuke revealed that Bai Ye had accepted him as a student.

• Tsunade and Shizune learned that Bai Ye's inauguration was taking place and joined the crowd gathering to watch.
• Bai Ye appeared in the Hokage's hat and Fire God Robe as the Uchiha Clan celebrated having one of their own become Hokage.
• In the crowd, Sasuke told Naruto and the others that Bai Ye had agreed to make him his student, and Sasuke resolved to train so he could bring Itachi back.
• Bai Ye outlined plans to improve Konoha and create opportunities for people pursuing work beyond becoming ninja.
• The villagers cheered Bai Ye's plans, and his prestige reached its peak as they celebrated his leadership.

At Bai Ye’s inauguration, Mei Terumi, Konan, and Kazahana Koyuki’s party considered how Konoha’s development could benefit their own lands. After the ceremony, Naruto rejected Jiraiya’s offer to train him and decided to ask Bai Ye to become his student so he could surpass Sasuke.

• Mei Terumi watched Konoha’s changes and hoped Kirigakure could escape the Blood Mist Policy, though she knew she lacked the authority to change it.
• Konan brought Amegakure’s goods for Konoha’s new Land of Rain shop and began doubting Nagato’s tailed-beast plan as she considered Bai Ye’s proposal for improving life in the Land of Rain.
• Sandayu Asama and Kazahana Koyuki decided they needed to meet Bai Ye to discuss the Land of Snow’s development and its plans to join Konoha.
• Bai Ye’s inauguration ceremony lasted an hour, and the Shinobi World Daily published his speech so Konoha residents and people across the shinobi world could learn about his plans.
• Naruto confronted Jiraiya, who identified himself as Minato’s teacher and offered to teach Naruto the Rasengan, but Naruto declined because he wanted to train and surpass Sasuke.
• After Naruto learned Jiraiya was not stronger than Bai Ye, he decided to ask the Fifth Hokage to take him as a student, leaving Jiraiya bewildered.

Jiraiya told Bai Ye he planned to keep traveling and gathering intelligence, while Bai Ye questioned his belief in the Child of Prophecy. Naruto asked Bai Ye to become his student and was accepted, and the chapter ended with Tsunade asking Bai Ye to pay off her debts.

• Jiraiya visited Bai Ye, explained why he had returned to Konoha, and said he would leave again to gather intelligence.
• Bai Ye questioned Jiraiya’s belief in the Child of Prophecy and said he did not believe such a child existed now.
• Naruto barged into the Hokage’s Office and asked Bai Ye to take him as a student, and Bai Ye immediately agreed.
• Jiraiya accepted Bai Ye’s decision and took Naruto out to celebrate, planning to leave after Hiruzen Sarutobi’s funeral.
• Tsunade arrived with Shizune and asked Bai Ye for money after he showed her a stack of debt notes.
• Tsunade asked Bai Ye to pay off her other creditors so she would owe only him, prompting Bai Ye to question whether she expected him to support her for life.

Tsunade accepted Bai Ye’s financial support despite Shizune’s worries, while Kazahana Koyuki asked Bai Ye to develop the Land of Snow. Naruto arrived late to meet his friends and revealed that he had become the Fifth Hokage’s student, leaving them stunned.

• Tsunade told Shizune she had no intention of repaying Bai Ye and was willing to let him support her, despite Shizune’s warning that he might be making her financially dependent.
• Kazahana Koyuki thanked Bai Ye for helping her become queen of the Land of Snow and asked him to include her country in Konoha’s development plans; Bai Ye agreed.
• Konan left Konoha with goods and a newspaper to report the day’s events to Nagato.
• Naruto arrived late to meet Shikamaru and the others, then bragged that the Fifth Hokage had made him his student.
• Naruto’s friends, including Sasuke, reacted with shock when he announced he was the Fifth Hokage’s student.

Naruto announced that Bai Ye had taken him as a student, prompting his classmates to realize he and Sasuke might form part of a team and argue over the remaining spot. Meanwhile, Bai Ye discussed choosing Neji with Hyuga Hiashi before revealing his plan to overthrow Kirigakure's government.

• Naruto told his classmates that the Fifth Hokage, Bai Ye, had chosen him as a student, and Sasuke showed little reaction.
• Shikamaru explained that Naruto and Sasuke would likely be on a three-student team, prompting Kiba, Sakura, and Ino to argue over the last place.
• Bai Ye asked Hyuga Hiashi why he was recommending Neji instead of Hinata, and Hiashi said Neji was the best choice to help change the Hyuga Clan.
• Bai Ye suggested Hinata might have chosen to lose to Hanabi to protect her, but left the decision to Hiashi.
• Hiashi thanked Bai Ye for recovering the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan from Kirigakure and voiced concern about traveling there, while Bai Ye said the village was in turmoil and he had an agenda.
• When Hiashi asked what Bai Ye planned to do in Kirigakure, Bai Ye proposed overthrowing its government.