Chapter Summaries

Shingetsu learned from refugee leader Kazuko why civilians fled the Land of Fire’s brutal nobles and chose to seek shelter with the Uchiha. Their discussion of farmland and a proposed thirty-percent harvest tax revealed how severely the daimyō’s sixty-percent tax burden exploited the people.

• Kazuko recounted how shinobi killed her husband, disasters and taxes cost her family their home, and her surviving relatives died as she wandered the Land of Fire.
• Kazuko told Shingetsu that nobles and samurai killed civilians for amusement, while refugees risked starvation, bandits, and rogue shinobi just to reach the Daimyō’s Capital.
• Kazuko asked why Shingetsu had cleared farmland, and Shingetsu said people first needed enough to eat; Kazuko laughed and said she wanted to see the future Shingetsu imagined.
• Shingetsu set the Uchiha’s share of the harvest at thirty percent, and Kazuko wept with relief at what she considered a low tax.
• Kazuko explained that the daimyō took sixty percent of harvests, leaving Shingetsu shocked at the scale of the exploitation and realizing shinobi protected the nobles from civilian rebellions.

After seeing the suffering of civilians, Shingetsu resolved to grow strong enough to kill the daimyō, while Madara explained why Hashirama opposed shinobi ruling the world. The next morning, Hashirama and Tobirama visited Madara to ask that Uchiha children return to school, and Madara demanded that Tobirama be removed as a teacher.

• On the road home, Shingetsu asked Madara how ordinary people survived, and he said their will to live endured even in terrible conditions.
• Shingetsu suggested that Madara and Hashirama annex the Land of Fire, but Madara explained that Hashirama wanted to separate shinobi affairs from civilian rule.
• After reflecting on Kazuko's exploitation and the nobles' power, Shingetsu decided to become strong enough to kill the daimyō for their gold drops.
• The next morning, Hashirama and Tobirama arrived at the Uchiha compound, where Hashirama asked Madara to let Uchiha children return to school.
• Madara offered to forgive Hashirama if Tobirama left the school, while Shingetsu's earlier advice had been for Madara to agree to reopening it only with a condition.

Hashirama persuaded Madara to teach at the Ninja Academy by promising he could keep an eye on Shingetsu, then insisted Tobirama apologize to her. The group went to Shingetsu’s home, where Tobirama was left facing her under Madara and Hashirama’s watchful eyes.

• Hashirama asked Madara to teach at the academy, and Madara agreed after Hashirama pointed out he could watch Shingetsu there.
• Hashirama stopped Tobirama from leaving and demanded that he apologize to Shingetsu, while Madara blocked his escape.
• Shingetsu refused Hōkaku’s natto and tried to bargain for brown sugar candy, only to be seen acting spoiled when the Senju brothers and Madara arrived.
• Hashirama gave Shingetsu a jar of konpeito and kissed her cheek, prompting Madara to snatch her away.
• Hōkaku demanded to know why the visitors had come, and Tobirama reluctantly stepped toward Shingetsu as Hashirama encouraged him.

After Tobirama Senju apologized to Shingetsu, the Uchiha returned to the Ninja Academy and Shingetsu resumed classes. There, Hiruzen Sarutobi confessed that he liked her and asked her to marry him when they grew up.

• Tobirama Senju apologized to Shingetsu, who hurriedly accepted so he would stop smiling at her.
• Three days later, the Uchiha returned to the Ninja Academy, and Kagami Uchiha and Hōkaku Uchiha made sure Shingetsu got to class on time.
• Yakushi Chinatsu gave Shingetsu a grass-woven Grasshopper she had made and offered to craft more toys for her.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approached Shingetsu's desk despite the Uchiha students' hostile stares.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confessed that he liked Shingetsu and asked her to marry him when they grew up.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confessed that he wanted to marry Uchiha Shingetsu, provoking her rejection and the fury of the Uchiha students. Madara Uchiha nearly crushed Hiruzen’s head before Hashirama Senju intervened, but Hiruzen recovered and insisted he would not give up on Shingetsu.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi confessed his love to Uchiha Shingetsu in front of their classmates and asked her to marry him when they grew up.
• Uchiha Miki tried to attack Hiruzen with a Great Fireball, while Uchiha Inari, Uchiha Kazuma, and Kaen restrained her; Uchiha Kagami then stepped between Hiruzen and Shingetsu.
• Shingetsu rejected Hiruzen’s proposal, and Hiruzen declared his feelings again while Kagami held him back.
• Madara Uchiha appeared and grabbed Hiruzen by the head, but Hashirama Senju pleaded with Madara until he released him.
• After Hashirama healed him, Hiruzen insisted he would not give up on Shingetsu, and Hashirama covered his mouth to stop him from speaking further.

Tobirama Senju learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had publicly confessed his love to Uchiha Shingetsu and blamed her for turning his student against him. Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha taught the academy children the bloody history of shinobi, leaving them to confront what choosing that life would mean.

• Tobirama Senju read a report that Hiruzen Sarutobi had confessed to Uchiha Shingetsu and angrily decided he could no longer keep Hiruzen as a student.
• Shingetsu endured her classmates’ stares and found Tobirama Senju’s textbook superficial and lacking in shinobi history.
• Madara Uchiha discarded the textbook and began teaching the class about the Warring States Period and the brutal lives of shinobi.
• Madara Uchiha explained how Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha ended the wars and founded the village.
• Shingetsu noticed the students’ fear, worried that Yakushi Chinatsu might leave the academy, and recognized that Madara wanted them to choose their futures with an honest understanding of shinobi life.

Madara Uchiha’s history lesson left the students eager for more, but lunchtime revealed the hardship faced by ordinary people in Konoha. Shingetsu learned that Chinatsu’s dream was to earn enough as a shinobi to share white rice with everyone at the Orphanage.

• Madara Uchiha finished his lesson on the founding of Konoha and dismissed the class, leaving with Hashirama.
• Torifu Akimichi’s growling stomach prompted the students to begin eating their packed lunches.
• Shingetsu and Uchiha Inari traded unwanted food with Miki until Miki stopped them, while Shingetsu envied the Nara boy’s venison.
• Shingetsu discovered that Chinatsu’s lunch was millet and barnyard millet, and offered her an untouched rice ball.
• Chinatsu refused the rice ball, explaining that her family at the Orphanage ate the same food and that her dream was to earn money as a shinobi and share white rice with everyone.

Shingetsu reassured Yakushi Chinatsu that she would help make rice available to everyone, then shared her konpeito with the class and gave the remainder to Chinatsu for the orphanage children. Chinatsu accepted Shingetsu’s friendship, and the chapter ended with them embracing.

• Chinatsu shyly asked Shingetsu to come with her when she became a shinobi, and Shingetsu promised everyone would be able to eat rice before then.
• Shingetsu planned to use her future harvest to help the orphanage and poor civilians, then shared konpeito with her classmates.
• Shingetsu gave Chinatsu a candy, which brought Chinatsu to tears as she tasted sweetness for the first time.
• Shingetsu gave Chinatsu the remaining candy and her handkerchief to take back to the orphanage children.
• Chinatsu asked Shingetsu for a hug and asked if they could be friends; Shingetsu embraced her and said they already were friends.

Shingetsu endured four months of school, training, and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s repeated confessions before autumn arrived. She visited the golden rice fields and celebrated a bumper harvest with Kazuko, Hayato Uchiha, and Yōta Uchiha, leaving the story as she admired the abundant crop.

• Shingetsu became a top student under the constant supervision of Tōka, Hashirama, and Madara Uchiha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi kept confessing to her and getting beaten by those around him.
• Shingetsu and Chinatsu grew into close friends, and Chinatsu caught up at the Ninja Academy while showing talent in Medical Ninjutsu and intelligence gathering.
• Four months passed, and Shingetsu arrived at the fields to find a bumper rice harvest.
• Kazuko thanked Shingetsu, Hayato Uchiha, and Yōta Uchiha for supporting the tenant farmers, and she felt she had found a new home.
• Hayato and Yōta took pride in the harvest after helping reclaim and tend the fields, while Shingetsu admired a rice stalk heavy with grain.

Shingetsu bought winnowing fans from Cat Granny through Kana and paid for the delivery with money and Silver Vine. Cat Granny revealed that the rice seeds she had sold Shingetsu came from a secluded shinobi clan, and she looked forward to seeing the Uchiha Clan farm them.

• Shingetsu gave Kana Silver Vine, collected the delivered scroll, and paid Cat Granny for the winnowing fans.
• Kana returned to the Vacant District Ruins, where Xiaoling checked her for signs that she had been won over by Shingetsu.
• Cat Granny counted Shingetsu’s payment while Xiaoling complained that Shingetsu was spending Madara Uchiha’s money and had received precious seeds at a low price.
• Cat Granny recalled that the rice seeds Shingetsu bought were cultivated by a secluded shinobi clan and were prized for their taste, yield, and vigorous growth.
• Cat Granny said she had chosen to sell the seeds to Shingetsu instead of a wealthy merchant because she wanted to see the Uchiha Clan take up farming.

Shingetsu discovered that Cat Granny’s expensive rice seeds produced a harvest far beyond local standards, while she reconsidered her low land tax after learning how harshly the Land of Fire exploited its farmers. The successful harvest brought hope to Kazuko and the other tenant farmers, but Shingetsu’s farming plan still had a long road ahead.

• Kazuko and the tenant farmers estimated that Shingetsu’s rice would yield at least thirty to forty percent more than ordinary rice, and Shingetsu realized Cat Granny’s seeds were worth their high price.
• Shingetsu watched the farmers bring rice into the granary and regretted setting their land tax at only thirty percent.
• After studying the Land of Fire’s tax system, Shingetsu learned how nobles imposed heavy levies and recognized that her generous terms had helped persuade desperate commoners to work for her.
• The chapter noted that Madara Uchiha, Cat Granny, Kazuko and the farmers, and Hayato and Yota had all contributed to the farming project’s success.
• In September of Konoha’s sixth year, the rice fields yielded a plentiful harvest, and the tenant farmers celebrated their newfound hopes while Shingetsu prepared to continue her work.

Shingetsu’s tenant farmers delivered a bountiful rice harvest to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where sweet rice cakes won over the clan. Hōkaku learned that the carts held only part of the harvest and set out to see the fields for himself.

• Kazuko and the tenant farmers brought carts of polished rice to the Uchiha compound, drawing envious villagers along the way.
• Hayato and Yota proudly announced the delivery and went to find Hōkaku after learning that Madara and Shingetsu were at school.
• Kazuko handed out sweet, jam-filled rice cakes, and Uchiha clansmen eagerly formed a long line to get one.
• Hōkaku arrived, scolded the Uchiha for gathering around the cakes, and watched them scatter with their treats.
• Kazuko explained that the carts held only part of the harvest, so Hōkaku gathered Uchiha to accompany her to the fields.

Uchiha villagers returned food and produce to the clan, leaving its members well supplied and unexpectedly cheerful. Madara and Shingetsu returned to the compound, where Shingetsu shared a warm rice cake with him.

• Uchiha villagers carried rice back to the compound while curious Konoha residents watched enviously.
• Madara carried an uneasy Shingetsu past the staring villagers and returned with her to the compound.
• Kazuko and the others delivered grain, produce, and other food, while Hōkaku realized the supply could feed the clan for nearly half a year and ease its expenses.
• Kazuko led Madara and Shingetsu to the warehouses, where the children were eating rice cakes made with fruit jam.
• Shingetsu split her rice cake and gave half to Madara, and they ate together.

Shingetsu and Madara showed the Uchiha children their abundant rice harvest, while Kazuko hired Uchiha shinobi to guard her fields. As word of the Uchiha’s wealth spread through Konoha, Madara urged Shingetsu to survive any danger and promised to protect her.

• Shingetsu, Madara Uchiha, and the Uchiha children visited the newly cleaned granary, where Madara promised Kaen and the other children they could eat as much as they wanted.
• Kazuko asked Shingetsu and Madara to send Uchiha shinobi to guard her fields, and they agreed to her grain-paid mission.
• News of the Uchiha harvest spread across Konoha, and Hashirama Senju praised the idea of village farming while Tobirama Senju worried about the daimyō’s reaction and wondered who had inspired it.
• Hayato and Yota escorted Kazuko home after she settled the mission details with Shingetsu and Madara.
• At the compound gates, Madara told Shingetsu to flee danger if necessary, then embraced her and promised to come for her and protect her.

Shingetsu promised Madara she would stay alive, calming his grief and rage, while Black Zetsu watched from hiding. She considered practical next steps for the Uchiha Farming Plan and decided to bring white rice to the Orphanage, leaving her visit planned for the following day.

• Shingetsu embraced Madara and promised she would keep living, calming his rampaging chakra.
• Madara carried Shingetsu into the Uchiha compound while Black Zetsu secretly watched and mocked her promise.
• Shingetsu reviewed the clan's farming ledger and considered livestock and new crops for the next stage of the Uchiha Farming Plan.
• Shingetsu set aside her impractical ideas and decided to consult Hōkaku, Kazuko, clan members, and villagers about what was needed.
• Shingetsu resolved to bring grain to the Orphanage and visit Chinatsu and the other children after school the next day.

Shingetsu visited the Konoha Orphanage with Chinatsu, met Director Yakushi and the children, and joined them for a meal. In the kitchen, Shingetsu killed Matron and revealed that the woman had already been dead for some time, leaving Chinatsu in shock and grief.

• Shingetsu and Chinatsu visited the orphanage, where the children welcomed Chinatsu and thanked Shingetsu for sending food.
• Director Yakushi told Shingetsu and Chinatsu about her family’s exile and how Hashirama Senju had helped establish and support the orphanage.
• The children surrounded Shingetsu with questions and gratitude, while Matron invited her and Chinatsu to eat.
• Shingetsu followed Chinatsu and Matron into the kitchen and shut the door behind them.
• Shingetsu cut Matron in two, then told Chinatsu that Matron had already been dead because no blood came from the wound.
• Chinatsu confirmed the truth, collapsed in grief, and stopped struggling in Shingetsu’s arms.

The Beast Fang Trio decided to attack the Orphanage after Shingetsu exposed their attempt to abduct Yakushi Chinatsu for information about Konoha’s Ninja Academy. Shingetsu and Chinatsu discovered the children had been poisoned, and Shingetsu hoped to hold the attackers off until Madara Uchiha arrived.

• The Beast Fang Trio discussed retreating after Kang’s puppet was destroyed, but their leader Di ordered them to attack and kill anyone who stood in their way.
• Di ordered Kang to activate the poison he had planted in the Orphanage, while telling him to kill Shingetsu and take her eyes.
• Shingetsu recognized the matron as a corpse controlled by the Dead Soul Technique and realized the attackers were targeting Chinatsu.
• Shingetsu and Chinatsu deduced that the Orphanage’s lunch had been poisoned and found the children collapsed in the corridor.
• Chinatsu used her medical training to identify the poison and ease the children’s suffering, while Shingetsu said they needed to hold out for twenty minutes until Madara arrived.

Shingetsu prepared the Orphanage for an attack, exposed its spy, and fought the Beast Fang Trio as they searched for her. She killed Ji with a trap and the Dragon Fire Technique, while the other attackers remained at large and Chinatsu prepared the sole dose of antidote for Shingetsu.

• Shingetsu gathered her weapons, used the Sharingan to locate and disrupt the spy's scouting eye, and strung traps throughout the Orphanage.
• The Beast Fang Trio argued, then Di ordered Ji, Di, and Kang to split up and search for Shingetsu and the other target.
• Chinatsu moved the children and director into Hashirama Senju's shelter and prepared the only dose of antidote for Shingetsu.
• Ji used the Third Eye to find a safe path through Shingetsu's traps, followed her, and attacked with a storm of sand bullets.
• Shingetsu used her Sharingan to evade the sand bullets, bound Ji with steel wire, and burned him to ashes with the Dragon Fire Technique.

Shingetsu fought Kang and Di while poisoned, and Chinatsu was gravely wounded protecting her. As Shingetsu pushed her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception beyond their limits, she saved Chinatsu by killing the poison, but Di impaled her and tried to take her eyes; her chakra then erupted and transformed the Orphanage into a forest.

• Shingetsu killed the Orange-Haired Shinobi, but Kang poisoned her and attacked while she struggled to keep her Sharingan active.
• Shingetsu cut Kang along his death line, while Chinatsu restrained him and was stabbed; before collapsing, Chinatsu gave Shingetsu the antidote.
• Di arrived and offered to spare Shingetsu if she abandoned Chinatsu, but Shingetsu took the antidote and used her Mystic Eyes to kill the poison inside Chinatsu.
• Shingetsu shattered Di's sword, but he revealed his Kaguya Clan bloodline, pierced her with bone spikes, and pinned her to the floor as he reached for her eyes.
• Shingetsu unleashed her remaining chakra, causing roots and towering trees to burst from the ground and transform the Orphanage into a forest.

After Hashirama Senju unexpectedly won a bet, he feared disaster and mobilized Konoha to search for trouble. The search led to the Orphanage, where Madara Uchiha found the wounded Shingetsu in a forest created by her newly awakened Wood Release.

• Hashirama Senju won a gamble and rushed out with Wood Clones to search Konoha for signs of danger.
• Hashirama alerted Tobirama Senju, who joined the search, while Madara Uchiha realized Shingetsu might be at risk and ran toward the Orphanage.
• Hōkaku and Tōka led Uchiha and Senju Shinobi in searches that also converged on the Orphanage.
• Tobirama sensed abnormal chakra at the Orphanage, and the Senju brothers found a lush forest where the building had stood.
• Madara Uchiha used Susanoo to open the forest and retrieve the blood-soaked Shingetsu, whose Wood Release had awakened.