Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha terrorized the Ninja Academy students with harsh criticism and demanding homework, while Shingetsu arranged for Shiring Aburame to raise bees in her family’s fields. At the farmland, she saw Kazuko’s greenhouses thriving and planted sprouted potatoes as she hoped her Wood Release crops would grow and produce harvests.

• Madara Uchiha criticized the students’ homework one by one, leaving nearly the whole class dejected before dismissing them.
• Shingetsu nervously asked Shiring Aburame to raise bees in her family’s fields, and he agreed in exchange for half the honey.
• Shingetsu recalled planting Wood Release-grown sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, hoping they would grow and bear fruit normally.
• Shingetsu visited the farmland and saw Kazuko’s greenhouses producing winter vegetables while chicks and ducklings grew under their care.
• Shingetsu planted sprouted potatoes in a greenhouse beside Kazuko and hoped her crops would thrive.

Shingetsu took Shiring Aburame and the others to the Dumpling Shop, where they shared sweets and discussed her Senju family ties. After a battered boy approached Shingetsu, Kagami Uchiha and Hiruzen Sarutobi took him away, while Madara Uchiha asked Mito Uzumaki whether Uzumaki sealing jutsu could seal a tailed beast inside a person.

• Shingetsu led the group to the Dumpling Shop instead of going straight to her family's fields, and the children ate fruit jam dango.
• Shiring Aburame asked Shingetsu whether Hashirama and Tobirama were her uncles, and she hesitantly agreed.
• The proprietress gave Shingetsu a platter of sweets in gratitude for her fruit, and the group shared them.
• A battered boy approached Shingetsu, and Kagami Uchiha and Hiruzen Sarutobi took him away while the others headed toward the Uchiha fields.
• Madara Uchiha appeared before Mito Uzumaki and asked whether the Uzumaki Clan's sealing jutsu could seal a tailed beast inside a human body.

Madara Uchiha obtained the Uzumaki Clan’s Four Symbols Seal from Mito Uzumaki and accepted her request for Uchiha support. Meanwhile, Shingetsu’s fear of bees caused her Wood Release to trap Kazuma, and she was roped into making beehives for the children’s outing.

• Mito Uzumaki explained that the Four Symbols Seal could contain a Tailed Beast inside a human, gave the scroll to Madara Uchiha, and asked for Uchiha support in the future.
• Mito warned Madara about the risks Jinchūriki faced, but he dismissed the Tailed Beasts as mere beasts.
• During the spring outing, Shingetsu panicked when Kazuma startled her with a bee and used Wood Release to hang him upside down from a tree.
• The children returned to the fields with their beehives, and Shiring Aburame asked Shingetsu to build a home for the bees.
• After Shiring rejected several designs, Shingetsu made a hive box he approved, and he asked her to make two more.

Shingetsu hosted the Ninja Academy children at the farm, where they roasted sweet potatoes and enjoyed an evening together. She also learned that Yota Uchiha and Hayato Uchiha had secretly taken a chick and a duckling home as pets, and reluctantly let them keep the animals under strict conditions.

• Kazuko brought sweet potatoes to the children, who roasted them in a leaf fire and eagerly shared them with Shingetsu and Shiring Aburame.
• Shiring Aburame worried that the bees lacked food, so Shingetsu used Wood Release to make a field of flowers bloom.
• Yota Uchiha and Hayato Uchiha emerged from the greenhouse with a chick and a duckling hidden in their clothes, startling the children and Shingetsu.
• Yota and Hayato confessed that they had grown attached to the animals, Gaga and Xiaoji, and had secretly taken them home to spare them from becoming food.
• Shingetsu allowed Yota and Hayato to keep Gaga and Xiaoji but warned that she would take them back if the men brought home any more chickens or ducks.

Shiring Aburame’s father considered the Uchiha’s approach to his clan, while Tobirama Senju struggled to establish military farming and pondered how shinobi could govern the Land of Fire. Tobirama’s plans were interrupted when he learned Madara Uchiha had left with Shingetsu to catch the Nine-Tails.

• Shiring told his father that the Uchiha had asked him to raise bees, and his father considered the political significance of their offer.
• Shiring described the Uchiha as cute, shocking his father.
• Tobirama struggled to recruit farmers because they trusted the Uchiha’s established reputation over the Senju’s promises.
• Hashirama urged Tobirama to ask Shingetsu for advice about farming and governing, but Tobirama hesitated.
• Tobirama learned that Madara and Shingetsu had left the village to catch the Nine-Tails and cried out in shock.

Madara gave Shingetsu the reforged Futsunomitama and took her from Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails and seal it inside her. After a difficult journey, they found the beast, and Madara confronted it with his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Madara gave Shingetsu the reforged Futsunomitama and told her they were leaving on a long journey.
• Madara told Shingetsu they would capture the Nine-Tails and seal it inside her.
• Shingetsu struggled with the cold and food during their journey, and Madara comforted her by holding her and singing a lullaby.
• Madara and Shingetsu reached the Nine-Tails one week after leaving Konoha.
• Madara faced the enraged Nine-Tails and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, ordering the beast to submit.

Madara Uchiha subdued the Nine-Tails, then fought it with Susanoo while preparing to seal it inside Shingetsu. When a Tailed Beast Bomb threatened a nearby village, Shingetsu created a Wood Dragon Technique and sent the dragon to swallow it.

• Madara Uchiha controlled the Nine-Tails with his Sharingan, and Shingetsu asked to pet the obedient beast.
• Madara Uchiha stopped before sealing the Nine-Tails into Shingetsu and chose to beat it into submission instead.
• The Nine-Tails attacked Madara Uchiha with a Tailed Beast Bomb, but his Susanoo cut through it and overwhelmed the fox.
• Shingetsu spotted another Tailed Beast Bomb heading toward a small village and created a wood dragon to intercept it.
• The wood dragon swallowed the Tailed Beast Bomb, absorbed its chakra, and returned some chakra and God Tree source power to Shingetsu.

Shingetsu’s Wood Dragon and Madara’s Susanoo subdued the Nine-Tails, whose chakra fed the God Tree and greatly strengthened her. After Shingetsu emerged from her cocoon, she and Madara discovered the Nine-Tails had vanished, but Madara caught a tiny nine-tailed Red-Furred Fox fleeing nearby.

• Shingetsu’s Wood Dragon restrained the Nine-Tails, absorbed its chakra, and swallowed the Tailed Beast Bombs it fired.
• Madara used Susanoo and his Sharingan to help immobilize the Nine-Tails as the Wood Dragon’s forest enclosed the beast and Shingetsu.
• The God Tree absorbed nearly all the Nine-Tails’ chakra, grew into a towering tree, and granted Shingetsu power before entering dormancy.
• After an unknown number of days and nights, Shingetsu emerged from the green sphere, and she and Madara watched the Wood Dragon disappear.
• Shingetsu spotted a tiny red, nine-tailed creature fleeing the collapsed sphere, and Madara caught the Red-Furred Fox.

Shingetsu persuaded Madara to let her keep the tiny Nine-Tails, Kurama, and the three took shelter from a storm in a village Shingetsu had saved. There they learned that an elderly couple had mistaken them for their dead family, and that the village’s survival depended on the fear Kurama inspired in tax collectors; with Kurama now gone, its future was uncertain.

• Shingetsu cuddled the shrunken Nine-Tails and convinced Madara to let her take him along, while Kurama angrily revealed his name.
• A sudden downpour drove Madara and Shingetsu to shelter in a village hut, where an elderly couple invited them in for food and warmth.
• The old woman mistook Madara and Shingetsu for her dead son and granddaughter, while her husband explained their family had died amid violence and illness.
• The old man said the village had survived because the Nine-Tails’ presence kept tax collectors away, and Kurama realized the villagers believed he had protected them.
• The old couple thanked Kurama, but the old man worried that the tax collectors would return now that the Nine-Tails was gone.

Shingetsu and Madara stayed with an elderly couple in a poor village, where a meal and a late-night conversation revealed the couple's grief and courage. Madara left the old man’s reassurance about his parents as the rain continued outside.

• Kurama accepted the elderly couple’s gratitude while Shingetsu held him, and the old woman served them a meager porridge meal.
• Madara went out into the rain, hunted a wild boar, and brought it back so the group could share a meal and preserve the meat.
• The old man told Madara he had recognized him as a shinobi and guessed that they had come for Lord Fox, then explained he had invited them in to protect the other villagers.
• The old man revealed that shinobi had killed his son, but said he was proud of his son for resisting injustice.
• Madara wondered whether his parents would be proud of him and said his mother must hate him for failing to keep his promise, while the drowsy old man reassured him that parents would not hate their children for such a failure.

Madara relived his mother's death in a dream and realized her final plea to protect his brothers had burdened him with regret. After the rain stopped, he and Shingetsu left the village, where Shingetsu used Wood Release to protect its elderly residents and Madara promised they would return.

• Madara dreamed of his dying mother asking him to protect his younger brothers, then woke in anguish and understood why she had apologized.
• Madara and Shingetsu left the old house with Kurama after the rain cleared, and Shingetsu told Yusuke that Lord Fox would send a gift.
• Shingetsu used Wood Release to raise a forest and fruit trees around the village, and the villagers believed Lord Fox had blessed them.
• Kaori remembered that her son and granddaughter had gone to Konoha, while Yusuke quietly accepted her mistaken recollection.
• Madara agreed to Shingetsu's request to return to the village someday.

Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Shingetsu returned to Konoha with Kurama, the Nine-Tails reduced to a small fox after Shingetsu drained his chakra, leaving Tobirama Senju incredulous. Black Zetsu realized the loss had derailed his plan to resurrect Mother and resolved not to let the shinobi world stray further from his control.

• Madara Uchiha and Uchiha Shingetsu returned to Konoha after a month away, carrying a small red fox with nine tails.
• Shingetsu identified the fox as Kurama and the Nine-Tails, while Tobirama Senju doubted them and erupted in disbelief.
• Kurama confirmed that Kurama was his name, and Madara and Shingetsu left Tobirama behind.
• Black Zetsu watched from the shadows and lamented that Shingetsu had drained the Nine-Tails' chakra, leaving only his consciousness.
• Black Zetsu recalled how Shingetsu had disrupted his plans, including awakening Wood Release and helping the shinobi gain power over the nobles.
• Black Zetsu resolved to stop the shinobi world from straying further from his plans to resurrect Mother.

Madara and Shingetsu returned to the village with Kurama and reunited with Hashirama, who accidentally terrified Shingetsu by throwing her high into the air. After Hashirama learned that the tiny fox was the Nine-Tails, the group reached the Uchiha compound, where the children mistook Kurama for a dog and mobbed him with affection.

• Hashirama rushed to greet Madara and Shingetsu, and Madara noticed that Hashirama had forgotten Tobirama's request about the Nine-Tails.
• Hashirama asked to hold Kurama, then tossed Shingetsu into the air; Madara caught her and Kurama before beating Hashirama for frightening her.
• Kurama recognized Madara and Hashirama as the reincarnations of Indra and Asura, then tried to attack Hashirama before being grabbed, petted, and kissed.
• Hashirama laughed when Madara identified the tiny fox as the Nine-Tails, but realized Madara was serious and grew nervous.
• Madara and Shingetsu arrived at the Uchiha compound, where the youngsters surrounded them and called Kurama a puppy and a dog.
• The Uchiha children petted and tousled Kurama until he escaped into Shingetsu's arms to avoid being mobbed again.

Shingetsu returned to the Uchiha clan with Kurama, whose hatred had faded enough for him to enjoy her affection and human fruit. Mito visited Madara to confirm their clans’ alliance and proposed scheduling its ceremony, leaving its next steps to be arranged.

• Shingetsu protected Kurama from the children, reunited with Hōkaku and Tōka, and returned home.
• Kurama ate fruit offered by Shingetsu and reflected on how humans had driven him to hate them, while deciding to tolerate being her pet for a few years.
• Hōkaku told Shingetsu that Mito had come to visit Madara, and Mito apologized for the Uzumaki sealing technique failing to make Shingetsu a jinchūriki.
• Mito gave Madara and Shingetsu two improved storage scrolls and asked whether the Uchiha-Uzumaki alliance still stood.
• Madara affirmed the alliance, and Mito proposed putting the alliance ceremony on the agenda soon.

The Uchiha and Uzumaki clans sealed an alliance, then Shingetsu and Mito discussed opening a shop to sell sealing scrolls and Explosive Tags. The Senju elders protested the alliance, but Hashirama and Tobirama defended it, and Hashirama’s engagement to Mito was canceled.

• Madara Uchiha and Mito Uzumaki sealed the alliance as other shinobi clans watched and considered its effect on Konoha.
• At the Uchiha celebration, the Uzumaki clansmen chatted, drank, and ran riot, leaving Hōkaku stunned by their behavior.
• Mito asked Shingetsu about selling storage scrolls in Konoha, and Shingetsu proposed opening a shop together to sell scrolls and Uchiha-made Explosive Tags.
• Senju Yo and the elders condemned the alliance, but Hashirama said the Senju could not dictate whom the Uzumaki allied with.
• Senju Yo canceled Hashirama’s engagement to Mito, which delighted Hashirama, while Tobirama backed his brother and argued that the Senju should support the alliance.

After Uchiha Shingetsu introduced grain-based accounting, the method spread through Konoha as conflict between daimyo and shinobi villages intensified. Tobirama Senju summoned Shingetsu to discuss the changing era, while Hashirama Senju nervously tried to keep Madara Uchiha away.

• The Uchiha and Uzumaki clans opened a shop whose scrolls and explosive tags quickly sold out, leaving the Uzumaki redheads overwhelmed with orders.
• Shingetsu proposed valuing clan assets in grain to stabilize accounts, and Hōkaku, Princess Mito, the Senju clan, and Konoha adopted the method.
• Tobirama reviewed how the daimyo’s successors were funding or opposing shinobi villages and concluded that Konoha needed to stay ahead of the escalating conflict.
• Hashirama reminded Tobirama that he had promised something and feared Madara would punish them both.
• At school, Kurama demanded chicken in exchange for letting children pet him, while Hashirama summoned Shingetsu to Tobirama’s office and prevented her from leaving.

Tobirama asked Shingetsu how shinobi could govern the Land of Fire, and she proposed stabilizing the economy with grain reserves and training civilian shinobi for production and administration. Tobirama fled when Madara arrived, leaving Hashirama to face Madara’s fury.

• Hashirama tried to calm the frightened Shingetsu with Konpeito while Tobirama questioned her about Konoha’s policies and the shinobi world’s unrest.
• Tobirama revealed that he wanted shinobi to take over the Land of Fire, and Shingetsu explained how grain reserves could stabilize prices and support Konoha-issued currency.
• Shingetsu proposed training civilian shinobi for farming, commerce, construction, transportation, and other work so shinobi could support the country without relying on civilian labor.
• Hashirama worried that Konoha would have too many shinobi, but Shingetsu argued that a whole country could use their talent, convincing both brothers to consider her plan.
• Tobirama pinched Shingetsu’s cheeks, then fled when Madara approached; Madara kicked in the office door and attacked Hashirama while Shingetsu watched.

Madara discovered that Hashirama had tricked him, rampaged through the Ninja Academy, and took Shingetsu away, while Tobirama began implementing her proposals for civilian shinobi and Konoha Currency. As December of Konoha Year Six ended, Shingetsu and Kazuko confirmed that her Wood Release crops could be cultivated, and a new year approached.

• Madara read reports about the five villages’ alliances and their raids on nobles, then realized Hashirama had deceived him and rushed to the Ninja Academy.
• Madara threw Kurama out a window and knocked out the students who had fed or petted him before taking Shingetsu away.
• Tobirama formally advanced Shingetsu’s proposal and enrolled adult civilians and clan members in a separate shinobi training program.
• Hashirama and Tobirama introduced Konoha Currency, stocked supplies, and began tracking prices to manage the new currency.
• Shingetsu and Kazuko saw potatoes and sweet potatoes grown with Shingetsu’s Wood Release sprout again in a greenhouse as December of Konoha Year Six neared its end.

Konoha’s shinobi and commoners enjoyed newfound security and prosperity as the old order weakened, while Tobirama accepted the Daimyō’s concessions without intending to stop the raids. Shingetsu celebrated Madara’s birthday at midnight by dressing up and wishing him a happy birthday.

• Shinobi across the world robbed nobles, while Konoha’s commoners found work, spent Konoha Currency, and settled into safer lives.
• The Daimyō offered Tobirama a huge grant and promised not to interfere with shinobi; Tobirama accepted the terms while secretly keeping the raids going.
• Shingetsu brought Kurama a warm cushion, and her family dressed her in finery for the New Year.
• Madara examined a Konoha Currency banknote, thought of Izuna, and kept the crumpled note in his wallet.
• At midnight on December 24 of Konoha Year Six, Shingetsu dressed in a Furisode Kimono, asked Madara to pick her up, and wished him a happy birthday.

Shingetsu and Konoha’s residents celebrated Madara Uchiha’s birthday with gifts and fireworks, while Madara and Shingetsu discussed the changing shinobi world. The chapter ended with Madara using Susanoo to carry Shingetsu above Konoha as the village watched their fiery display.

• Shingetsu gave Madara three handmade dolls for his birthday, and Hōkaku and Tōka watched as Madara held the sleeping child.
• Shingetsu told the Ninja Academy children it was Madara’s birthday, prompting them and the Uchiha clan to bring gifts to his mansion.
• Madara stopped Hiruzen Sarutobi from boasting about marrying Shingetsu, while the gathered children ate and celebrated.
• Hashirama Senju brought Madara a wooden statue of their childhood friendship, and Madara called it hideous before joining the children in the courtyard.
• Madara carried Shingetsu away in Susanoo and set off Fire Release fireworks over Konoha, alarming Tobirama Senju and delighting Hashirama and the villagers.
• Madara and Shingetsu discussed shinobi replacing the daimyō, and Shingetsu promised the shinobi world would become better.