Chapter Summaries

Shingetsu proposed impeaching Byakuren after he refused to change Kirigakure’s policies, and the other Kage unanimously expelled him from the summit. The Four Kage Summit approved military intervention in Kirigakure, while Konoha prepared for war and rescued Madara’s tortured students.

• Byakuren defended Kirigakure’s blood mist policy and its culture of war, prompting Hashirama to threaten force and Shingetsu to propose impeaching him.
• Hashirama, Reto, Ishikawa, and A unanimously approved the motion, expelling Byakuren and renaming the gathering the Four Kage Summit.
• Byakuren returned to Kirigakure in disgrace, and the Four Kage Summit approved military intervention there.
• Madara and Shingetsu arrested the Black-Haired Man and rescued Minazuki Rin, Kaguya Utsusemi, and Hōzuki Oborozuki, whom Kirigakure had tortured.
• Madara tortured the Black-Haired Man in retaliation as Konoha prepared for war, while Ishikawa, Reto, and A summoned allies and eagerly joined the planned expedition.

Konoha and its allies set out to punish Kirigakure, but their campaign began with a hastily assembled fleet and an unexpectedly easy naval encounter. The chapter ended with Kirigakure's tiny vanguard ships surrendering before the battle began.

• Ishikawa, Reto, and A rallied their villages to join Konoha's expedition against Kirigakure, while the battered Kirigakure Trio offered intelligence and Mu promised to rescue Hozuki Gengetsu.
• Hashirama's drunken declaration of war forced Tobirama to launch before Konoha had enough ships, so he organized an expedition and left Hashirama behind to mind the village.
• Tobirama, Shingetsu, and Madara led the force to the Land of Whirlpools, where Mito joined them with Uzumaki clansmen and helped expand their fleet.
• Byakuren mobilized Kirigakure's ships to stop Konoha at sea, but Shingetsu, Madara, and Tobirama found the enemy vessels small and battered.
• Kirigakure's vanguard raised white flags and shouted that it surrendered before the battle began.

Konoha’s invasion of the Land of Water turned into a near-effortless victory as Kirigakure’s forces rebelled and surrendered rather than fight. Byakuren was left isolated while the surviving Hozuki, Minazuki, and Kaguya clans joined Konoha and prepared to strike back at Kirigakure’s ruling class.

• Kirigakure’s Vanguard and other shinobi surrendered, while the Hozuki, Minazuki, and Kaguya clans attacked Byakuren’s warships and killed his loyalists.
• Hōzuki Oborozuki, Minazuki Rin, and Kaguya Utsusemi celebrated their clansmen’s survival as Konoha’s forces accepted the surrender.
• Madara and Tobirama watched Konoha win without a battle, while Madara called the surrendering shinobi spineless fools.
• Konoha’s allied forces landed and swept through the Land of Water as towns and defensive forces surrendered, leaving Byakuren furious and isolated.
• Kirigakure shinobi scratched marks across their forehead protectors to renounce their village, and the surviving Hozuki, Minazuki, and Kaguya clans rallied under Konoha.

Konoha’s forces took control of much of the Land of Water, seized its nobles’ wealth and warships, and reached the hidden passage where Hozuki Gengetsu was imprisoned. Konoha rescued the tortured Uzumaki clansman, while Mu left Gengetsu in his restraints until they vanished and the old rivals began fighting.

• The Land of Water’s towns surrendered to Konoha, and the allied forces looted wealthy nobles with help from local civilians and Kirigakure Ninja.
• Konoha distributed most of the loot to its allies and captured Kirigakure’s warships, while Madara Uchiha brooded over the lack of a real battle.
• Mu found the imprisoned Hozuki Gengetsu, taunted him, and reassured him that his nephew and students were safe.
• Konoha’s main force entered the underwater passage and rescued the badly abused Uzumaki clansman, while Princess Mito vowed revenge on Byakuren.
• Gengetsu’s restraints vanished, and he lunged at Mu as the two began fighting in the passage.

After Konoha’s allies captured Kirigakure without a major battle, Byakuren faced Madara Uchiha in a duel reserved for Madara. Byakuren’s opening attacks failed to harm him, leaving Madara poised to continue the fight.

• Hozuki Gengetsu rallied the rogue Shinobi and three clans against Byakuren, while Konoha’s forces cut off supplies and seized most of the Land of Water.
• Byakuren killed an elder who urged him to flee and resolved to fight to the end.
• Shingetsu announced that Madara would be the one to kill Byakuren, and the others backed down when she showed them Madara sharpening his scythe.
• Tobirama Senju, Princess Mito, and Hozuki Gengetsu led Konoha’s army to Kirigakure, where the ninja surrendered and the village fell without a battle.
• Madara and Byakuren went to a nearby field to duel as Shingetsu contained the spectators with Wood Release.
• Byakuren attacked with three Water Release techniques, but Madara countered with Great Fire Annihilation and emerged unscathed.

Madara Uchiha killed Mizukage Byakuren, and Tobirama forced Hozuki Gengetsu to accept Konoha’s unequal treaties as Kirigakure’s new leader. News of the bloodless victory and its profits delighted Hashirama and the other Kage, though Ishikawa worried Konoha might eventually target his village.

• Madara Uchiha overwhelmed Byakuren with Fire Release and hand-to-hand combat before crushing him with Susanoo.
• The shinobi from several villages cheered Madara’s name, and Tobirama ordered them to return to cleanup duty.
• Tobirama presented Hozuki Gengetsu with unequal treaties, and Gengetsu accepted them to become Mizukage rather than risk opposing Konoha.
• Hashirama celebrated the mission’s bloodless success as the returning shinobi reported that Konoha had gained gold and access to the Land of Water.
• Ishikawa warned A that Konoha’s victory over Byakuren meant it could threaten their village next.

Hozuki Gengetsu took office as Mizukage and began rebuilding the Land of Water while Konoha's forces enjoyed their stay before sailing home. The returning troops reached Konoha unharmed and laden with souvenirs, leaving their worried families astonished.

• Hozuki Gengetsu became Mizukage, ended Byakuren's blood mist policy, purged loyalists, and began developing the Land of Water.
• Mustache tried to turn the Land of Water into a tourist destination, but Mu's Mustache Doll became more popular than Mustache's own merchandise.
• Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju ended the allied troops' holiday and sent them back toward Konoha.
• Isobu hid beneath the sea, fearing Uchiha Shingetsu would turn him into a pet like Kurama and Shukaku.
• Konoha's villagers welcomed the returning allied forces and were shocked to see everyone safe, cheerful, and carrying souvenirs.

Uchiha Momoka gave birth to Tsunade, and the people of Konoha celebrated the healthy baby. Shingetsu asked about her own birth, prompting Tōka to recall how she and Hōkaku had fled to the Senju for help and argued over their newborn daughter’s name.

• Uchiha Momoka gave birth to a black-haired daughter, and Tatsuki and Momoka named her Tsunade after Hashirama’s choice.
• Hashirama fed and held Tsunade, while Shingetsu briefly cradled her and delighted in the baby grasping her finger.
• Madara told Shingetsu that she had looked like a mouse at birth, and Tōka confirmed that her newborn daughter had been frail and urgently needed chakra.
• Tōka recalled that she had decided to take newborn Shingetsu to the Senju compound, while Hōkaku agreed they could not risk seeking help from Madara.
• Tōka named the baby Ai Senju, and Hōkaku objected that their daughter belonged to the Uchiha.

Tōka recalled the chaotic day Madara returned to find her and Hōkaku had wrecked his home, and how the newborn’s cry softened his murderous anger. After discovering the baby was a girl, Madara named her Uchiha Shingetsu and claimed her as his disciple; Tōka ended the memory by wishing her sleeping daughter a happy life.

• Tōka and Hōkaku fought over their newborn and wrecked Madara’s residence while he was away.
• Madara returned in a bitter state and nearly killed the couple, but the baby’s cry prompted him to soothe her.
• Madara remembered his frail younger brother as the baby grasped his finger, then named her Uchiha Yūsuke and declared her his disciple.
• Hōkaku told Madara the baby was a girl, so Madara changed her name to Uchiha Shingetsu.
• Tōka found Shingetsu asleep and kissed her forehead, wishing for her to grow up happily.

Hashirama struggled to care for his demanding granddaughter Tsunade while he and Madara swapped stories about raising children. As Konoha celebrated Tsunade’s one-month birthday, Madara regretted that Shingetsu had never received such celebrations, and Hashirama urged him to give her a proper birthday party.

• Hashirama carried and cared for Tsunade day and night, becoming exhausted as she constantly cried, ate, and needed changing.
• Hashirama and Madara walked through the village while Hashirama fed Tsunade and changed her diaper; Tsunade cried when Hashirama refused to let her eat grilled meat.
• Hashirama and Madara compared their experiences raising Tsunade and Shingetsu, astonishing villagers with their child-rearing conversation.
• Konoha prepared a grand one-month celebration for Tsunade, with visitors and representatives arriving from across the Land of Fire and the Four Great Ninja Villages.
• Madara regretted that Shingetsu’s birth and milestones had been kept secret and gone uncelebrated, and Hashirama encouraged him to throw her a proper birthday party.

Hashirama accidentally revealed Shingetsu’s birthday, setting off a gift-giving frenzy across Konoha and the shinobi world. As crowds besieged the Uchiha compound with presents, Madara beat Hashirama while Shingetsu dreaded the celebration still to come.

• Hashirama bought birthday presents for Shingetsu and revealed that her birthday was August 15, causing the secret to spread throughout Konoha.
• The great nations and shinobi villages scrambled to prepare extravagant gifts for Shingetsu, including mines, jewelry, livestock, ores, and treasure.
• Villagers and clans bought out Konoha’s shops and crowded outside the Uchiha compound to give Shingetsu presents.
• Madara seized Hashirama and beat him for revealing Shingetsu’s birthday while Tobirama watched with Tsunade.
• Shingetsu sat in despair as Tobirama told her she would have to get used to the birthday frenzy.

The four Kage and many others arrived in Konoha for Uchiha Shingetsu’s birthday, bringing gifts and hoping to win her favor. At the banquet, Shingetsu’s appearance dazzled the guests, while Hozuki Gengetsu concluded that she had favored his pearl gift.

• The four Kage reached Konoha and compared their embellished gifts, while Hozuki Gengetsu endured Mu’s taunts after running across the sea.
• Tobirama told Kakuzu to seal Shingetsu’s gifts for her, then gave Kakuzu a birthday present of money.
• Shingetsu received handmade dolls, a calf, sweets, a bracelet, a kimono, and an enormous bug that was crushed by the crowd outside the compound.
• Shingetsu appeared at her birthday banquet in a white kimono and pearl hair ornament, stunning the guests and bringing Tōka and Hōkaku to tears.
• Hozuki Gengetsu recognized the pearl in Shingetsu’s hair as his gift and smugly believed she had liked it best, prompting jealousy from the other Kage.

Shingetsu’s birthday banquet drew the entire village and powerful guests from across the shinobi world, while she endured a long round of greetings before finally celebrating with her loved ones. Madara and Hashirama returned with the captured Two-Tails Matatabi as Shingetsu’s birthday present, and the festivities ended with cake, gifts, and village-wide fireworks.

• Yakushi Chan and the Orphanage children joined Konoha’s village-wide feast, and the children wished Shingetsu a happy birthday.
• Tobirama gave Shingetsu a Flying Thunder God kunai and a ninjutsu scroll while she struggled to greet the banquet’s many guests.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju returned after two days with the Two-Tails Matatabi, whom Shingetsu bound with Wood Release and claimed as her pet.
• Shingetsu celebrated at the main table with her family, friends, the four Kage, and clan leaders, then received a protective charm from Madara.
• Villagers set off fireworks across Konoha as everyone wished Shingetsu a happy birthday.

Three-year-old Tsunade skipped preschool to eat snacks and tend Shingetsu’s cow, Reserve Rations, with Jiraiya and Orochimaru. Shingetsu took Tsunade to get food, while Madara’s earlier harsh discipline had already left Tsunade terrified of him and running laps whenever he demanded it.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru skipped preschool on Hokage Rock, where Tsunade ate snacks and made Jiraiya tend Reserve Rations.
• Jiraiya tried to impress Tsunade and Orochimaru by throwing toy kunai, then Shingetsu arrived and caught them out of class.
• Shingetsu scolded Tsunade for skipping lessons, but agreed to take her to get food when Tsunade complained she was hungry.
• Shingetsu worried that her indulgence was making Tsunade overweight and recalled how Hashirama had failed to make her train.
• Madara once mistook Tsunade for an Uchiha child, then ordered her to run ten laps after learning she was Hashirama’s granddaughter.
• Madara disciplined Tsunade when she refused, leaving her terrified of him ever since.

Shingetsu pulled Orochimaru away from his training classes and took him, Tsunade, and Jiraiya out for hot pot. They visited Chinatsu’s popular orphanage restaurant, where Shingetsu’s admirers, hungry tailed beasts, and the children shared a lively meal.

• Orochimaru left for class, but Shingetsu grabbed him and brought him along with Tsunade and Jiraiya.
• Shingetsu used Wood Release to restrain the crowd of admirers who swarmed her on Konoha’s commercial street.
• Shingetsu took the children to the orphanage’s hot pot restaurant, where Chinatsu welcomed them and prepared Shingetsu’s usual order.
• Kurama, Shukaku, and Matatabi ate at another table, bickered over food, and prompted Shingetsu to offer to pay their bill.
• Chinatsu joined Shingetsu and the children, and they ate together while Orochimaru struggled with spicy beef.

Shingetsu skipped training to take Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru on a food outing, but Madara caught them and punished them. After revealing that the Uchiha had grown overweight and developed cavities from eating too many sweets, the chapter ended with Madara taking Shingetsu to the Hokage Building to hear what Hashirama wanted to tell her, while promising to deal with her later.

• Shingetsu took the three little Sannin to eat hot pot and ice cream at the Yuki Clan’s Snow Ice Cream shop, where Minazuki Rin welcomed them.
• Madara found Shingetsu and the children enjoying their outing, ordered Tsunade to run fifty laps, and gave all four of them bumps on their heads.
• Madara discovered that many Uchiha had gained weight and developed cavities from excessive sweets, so he closed the compound’s dessert shops and imposed strict diets and training.
• After Tsunade left to run laps, Madara confronted Shingetsu about skipping all her morning training, then took her to the Hokage Building to meet Hashirama.

Shingetsu and Madara visited the Hokage Building, where Tobirama struggled with Konoha’s crushing workload and its growing civic problems. Tobirama imposed mandatory clan training and a strict diet on Hashirama, leaving Hashirama despondent after he was forced to eat vegetables.

• Shingetsu and Madara squeezed through the crowded Hokage Building, where residents and leaders waited to bring their requests to Tobirama.
• Shingetsu watched Tobirama urge shinobi from small communities to prioritize education and train children in the Chakra Extraction Technique.
• Tobirama confronted clan leaders about declining combat training and rising obesity, then ordered mandatory training and attendance records for their clans.
• Tobirama presented Hashirama with reports on obesity and tooth decay and ordered him to lead by example with exercise and healthy meals.
• Madara and Shingetsu watched as Tobirama made Hashirama finish a box of vegetables, and Hashirama lamented that life was bitter.

Tobirama told Shingetsu that the Moon Worship Cult was spreading under her name, but its doctrine revealed a hidden history about the Rabbit Goddess and the Sage of Six Paths. After the group agreed to investigate the cult’s source, the Land of Hot Water’s daimyo explained that it had destabilized his country and killed Yugakure’s Kage.

• Tobirama showed Shingetsu a report about the Moon Worship Cult, and she learned that its followers worshipped her.
• Shingetsu read the cult’s doctrine, which portrayed her as the reincarnation of the Rabbit Goddess and described the goddess’s betrayal by her sons, including Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
• Madara recognized that parts of the cult’s history overlapped with the Uchiha Stone Tablet and urged the group to uncover the people behind it.
• Shingetsu realized the cult had originated in the Land of Hot Water, so the group summoned that country’s daimyo.
• The daimyo told Hashirama that the former Jashin Cult had rebranded itself as the Moon Worship Cult, spread through the Land of Hot Water, and killed Yugakure’s Kage with curses.

Black Zetsu struggled to advance his plan to awaken the Rinnegan and free Kaguya while his Moon Worship Cult followers repeatedly ruined his schemes. He decided to lead the cult to one of Kaguya’s sacred sites as bait for Konoha, hoping Madara Uchiha would discover the path to greater power.

• Black Zetsu weighed capturing Uchiha Shingetsu against fleeing Konoha, but he stayed because she had eaten three of the Nine Tailed Beasts and Madara Uchiha was growing closer to Hashirama Senju.
• Black Zetsu praised Yinduan’s immortal body and Death Controlling Possessed Blood, then learned that the ability required fresh blood Yinduan collected himself in battle.
• Yinduan’s slaughter of locals and attacks on Yugakure exposed the Moon Worship Cult, drawing Konoha’s attention and wrecking Black Zetsu’s plan to quietly rebuild the cult.
• Black Zetsu told the followers that Konoha was coming to destroy them and claimed Uchiha Shingetsu was only an avatar of the Rabbit Goddess.
• Black Zetsu announced that the cult would visit a sacred site left by Kaguya, intending to use the followers as bait and guide Madara Uchiha toward the Rinnegan and Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Madara, Shingetsu, and Tobirama reached the Land of Hot Water and found it overrun by immortal Moon Worship Cult followers. After Shingetsu killed their leader, Yinduan, Konoha discovered ancient ruins and opened a sealed door with Shingetsu’s blood and chakra, leaving the group wondering about her connection to the Rabbit Goddess.

• Madara dwelled on the Uchiha Stone Tablet and resolved to punish the mastermind behind the deception while Shingetsu looked forward to the hot springs.
• Konoha’s group arrived in the Land of Hot Water and found the region devastated by the Moon Worship Cult’s seemingly immortal followers.
• Tobirama cut apart the cultists and collected them for research, while Shingetsu used her Mystic Eyes to find and pierce Yinduan’s point of death, killing him permanently.
• Konoha pursued the remaining cultists to enormous underground ruins, where they found the Moon Worship Cult dead before a sealed door depicting the Rabbit Goddess.
• Madara and Tobirama made the door glow by feeding it their blood and chakra, but Shingetsu’s blood and chakra activated it fully and caused it to open.
• The group saw the Rabbit Goddess’s Byakugan-like eyes and forehead eye, then wondered whether Shingetsu was her reincarnation.