Chapter Summaries

Tobirama confronted Hashirama for sheltering Hanzō, warning that he would kill him unless Hashirama found a way for them to coexist. After the Chunin Exams and the announcement of the first Five Kage Summit, Madara and Shingetsu encountered Kazuma selling Shingetsu dolls, and Hashirama later arrived with Hanzō, leaving Madara suspicious.

• Tobirama found Hanzō sweeping Hashirama’s house and angrily demanded that Hashirama stop protecting someone on the Anbu’s assassination list.
• Hashirama defended his belief that the village should protect people rather than casually take their lives, while Tobirama warned he would still kill Hanzō if they could not coexist.
• Konoha celebrated Shingetsu’s Chunin Exam victory and prepared for the first Five Kage Summit, while Madara sent the other finalists back to the Academy for more training.
• Madara caught Uchiha Kazuma selling Shingetsu dolls in a White Bridal Kimono and Senju Clan Robe, took the dolls, and left Kazuma to sell Tobirama Voodoo Dolls instead.
• Hashirama approached Madara and Shingetsu with Hanzō and invited them all to the Dessert Shop, while Madara regarded Hanzō with contempt.

Hashirama brought Madara, Shingetsu, and Hanzō to a dessert shop, then asked Shingetsu to help protect Hanzō and the Land of Rain from the dangers awaiting him. Shingetsu reluctantly agreed to consider a solution, and Madara ended up paying for a mountain of desserts after Hashirama and Hanzō ran out of money.

• Hashirama treated the group to dessert, while Madara ordered expensive sweets and refused to give Hashirama any of his Shingetsu Dolls.
• Shingetsu stopped Hashirama and Madara from fighting over the dolls, and Hashirama asked Hanzō to wait outside before explaining his situation to Madara and Shingetsu.
• Madara argued that Hanzō would face deadly threats from Konoha and other nations, while Shingetsu remained unsure whether she should help him.
• Hashirama pleaded with Shingetsu until she agreed to think about a solution, then brought Hanzō back and told him she would help.
• Shingetsu ordered every dessert in the shop to punish Hashirama, but Hashirama and Hanzō could not pay, so Madara covered the bill.

Hashirama took Shingetsu to see a meteor shower, then explained his hopes for peace and confessed his guilt over Madara and Tatsuki. Shingetsu angrily revealed she had been thinking about his request, while Madara listened unseen and relaxed.

• Hashirama woke Shingetsu and carried her on a Wood Dragon to watch a meteor shower, explaining that Tobirama had told him when it would happen.
• Shingetsu asked why Hashirama was helping Hanzō, and Hashirama admitted he hoped peace for the Land of Rain could give other small countries a chance at peace.
• Hashirama confessed he feared the small countries would become pawns in conflicts between great nations and regretted overlooking Madara's feelings when Konoha was founded.
• Hashirama lamented that Tatsuki had grown distant and called himself a terrible father, then apologized to Shingetsu for pushing his hopes onto her.
• Shingetsu insisted she had been thinking about what Hashirama said and declared it was too late for him to take it back, while Madara listened from the shadows and relaxed.

Shingetsu and the Uchiha youngsters found Momoka attacking Princess Aoi, who died before they could stop her. Meanwhile, Senju Ryūju fought the Senju elders over his love for Momoka and rejected their plans to use him to produce a Wood Release heir.

• Auntie Sweet went to the Uchiha compound looking for Momoka, and Shingetsu and the youngsters discovered that Momoka and Tatsuki had disappeared from her home.
• Shingetsu remembered Princess Aoi's hostility toward Tatsuki and led the group to the princess's house, where they found Momoka attacking her.
• Momoka killed Princess Aoi, and Shingetsu and the others restrained Momoka and took the knife from her as she broke down in grief over Tatsuki's disappearance.
• At the Senju compound, Senju Yo and the elders confronted Senju Ryūju over his relationship with Momoka and urged him to keep her as a mistress instead of marrying her.
• Senju Ryūju declared that he loved Momoka and angrily rejected the elders' plan to use him to produce a Wood Release heir with Shingetsu.

Senju Ryūju demanded freedom to be with Uchiha Momoka, but Senju Yo tried to imprison him until Hashirama and Tobirama intervened. After Hashirama restrained the elders, Tatsuki begged his father to let him leave the Senju Clan.

• Senju Ryūju denounced the clan's neglect and insisted that Momoka loved him as Tatsuki, then struggled to escape Senju Yo's grasp.
• Senju Yo stopped Tatsuki and ordered him locked in the dungeon, but Wood Release spread through the compound and bound him.
• Tobirama Senju rescued Tatsuki and confronted Senju Yo while Madara Uchiha approved of Momoka's love for Tatsuki and told her to step aside.
• Hashirama Senju bound Senju Yo and the other elders into cocoons after Senju Yo insulted Momoka.
• Tatsuki knelt before Hashirama and pleaded to leave the Senju Clan.

Tatsuki insisted on leaving the Senju Clan, and Hashirama reluctantly expelled him, ending their bond as father and son. Tatsuki reunited with Momoka outside the compound, and their embrace stunned the Uchiha clan members who had gathered to watch the Senju’s misfortune.

• Tatsuki told Hashirama he had made up his mind to leave the Senju Clan, and Hashirama expelled him and stripped him of the Senju name.
• Tobirama pleaded with Tatsuki and Hashirama, but both walked away, leaving him furious at Senju. Yang.
• Uchiha clan members gathered outside the damaged Senju Clan Compound to laugh at the Senju, while Momoka waited anxiously for Tatsuki.
• Tatsuki emerged and told Momoka he was no longer a Senju; she offered to give up her own surname, but he told her he was finally free.
• Tatsuki and Momoka embraced, shocking the Uchiha onlookers, and Shingetsu’s arrival made them pretend they had been discussing a wedding.

After the Senju upheaval, Madara and Tobirama rejected the Land of Fire Daimyō’s demand to punish Momoka for Princess Aoi’s death. As Heir Muneshito left Konoha, Shingetsu confronted him with the fact that he had heard his sister call for help and failed to save her.

• Tatsuki moved into the Uchiha Clan Compound as Momoka’s fiancé and began working with her at the Bakery, while Tobirama cracked down on the Senju elders and Hashirama returned to work emotionally hollow.
• The Daimyō sent an envoy to demand an explanation and Momoka’s punishment for Princess Aoi’s death, but Madara dismissed the demand and Tobirama declared that the princess had died in an accident.
• Muneshito interrupted the meeting to accuse Momoka, but Madara and Tobirama silenced him, and Tobirama ended his three-year stay in Konoha as a hostage.
• On their way out of Konoha, Muneshito blamed Shingetsu for failing to stop Momoka, and Shingetsu pointed out that he had heard his sister calling for help but had not gone to save her.

Shingetsu drove Heir Muneshito to madness after he attacked her, then tried to cheer herself up at the Bakery. She later dragged an overworked Hashirama out of his office for cake, where he unexpectedly encountered Tatsuki, his estranged son, and the chapter ended with Shingetsu ordering a meal instead of dessert.

• Shingetsu broke Heir Muneshito’s leg after he attacked her, and Chinatsu wounded him before the envoy begged them to spare his life.
• Shingetsu and Chinatsu visited the Bakery, where Shingetsu noticed Tatsuki and Momoka’s affection and learned Tatsuki was cooking the new dine-in meals.
• Madara Uchiha and Tobirama failed to persuade Hashirama to stop working, but Shingetsu coaxed him out of the Hokage’s office by demanding the cake he had promised her.
• Hashirama entered the Bakery and froze when he saw Tatsuki, who recognized his father and fled toward the kitchen.
• Shingetsu insisted Hashirama sit down and ordered mushroom rice and grilled fish from Tatsuki.

Shingetsu arranged for Hashirama and Tatsuki to meet over Tatsuki’s cooking, giving the estranged father and son a chance to reconcile. Afterward, Madara asked whether Konoha could annex the Land of Fire, and Shingetsu argued that the village needed to prepare for expansion and governance first.

• Shingetsu, Momoka, and Auntie Sweet arranged for Tatsuki to cook mushroom rice and grilled fish for Hashirama, who ate ravenously while Tatsuki remembered learning to cook for him and wept in the kitchen.
• After Shingetsu and the others left the Bakery, Hashirama entered the kitchen and asked Tatsuki whether he had been doing well, and the two embraced as Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju watched from outside.
• Madara walked home with Shingetsu and asked whether Konoha could annex the entire Land of Fire, but Shingetsu said the village was not ready to govern it.
• Shingetsu agreed that Konoha should expand after the Five Kage Summit, and Madara urged her to rest before returning alone to the Clan Leader's Mansion and wishing Izuna were there.

Hashirama hosted the first Five Kage Summit in a fortress outside Konoha, where Shingetsu proposed an alliance among the Five Great Shinobi Villages. The four Kage reluctantly approved under Madara’s threat, leaving the alliance proposal accepted but its future uncertain.

• Hashirama recovered his spirits, left Tobirama to clean up his doodled paperwork, and flooded the other Kage with reminders to attend the summit.
• The Kage and their guards arrived in Konoha amid heightened security and deadly clashes with spies and assassins, and Byakuren’s arrival finally eased Hashirama’s fears.
• Hashirama opened the summit by striking his head on the table, then proposed holding regular Five Kage Summits as Madara and Tobirama reacted in dismay.
• Shingetsu reframed Hashirama’s proposal as an alliance based on mutual cooperation, offering Konoha’s Wood Release to help turn the Land of Wind’s deserts into forests.
• Hashirama urged the Kage to consider Shingetsu’s vision of peace, and Madara’s threatening glare helped secure approval from Reto, Ishikawa, A, and finally Byakuren.

The Five Kage agreed to hold summits every six months, establish trade routes, and pursue other proposals as Konoha’s power shaped the negotiations. Reto secured Shingetsu’s help for Sunagakure by offering its tailed beast and a gold mine, and the chapter ended with Reto encountering Hanzō at a meeting about Shingetsu’s trip to the Land of Wind.

• Hashirama, Madara, and the other Kage agreed to hold the Five Kage Summit every six months and establish trade routes between the Five Great Nations.
• Hashirama promised to sell Konoha’s grain cheaply, and Reto asked Shingetsu to help restore the Land of Wind’s failing oases and forests.
• Reto offered Sunagakure’s tailed beast in exchange for Shingetsu’s help, but Madara objected until Reto offered the village’s gold mine, which Shingetsu accepted.
• Ishikawa proposed sending Iwagakure’s young shinobi to study in Konoha, and the Kage approved the proposal.
• Hashirama invited Reto to discuss Shingetsu’s trip to Sunagakure, where Reto recognized Hanzō, a boy from the Land of Rain who had been targeted for assassination.

Konoha and the Land of Rain reached an agreement with Sunagakure to provide water for the Land of Wind in exchange for food, with Konoha taking a share of the deal. The other Kage toured Konoha the next morning, where Ishikawa proposed that the allied villages all use Konoha Currency.

• Tobirama and the Sunagakure delegation negotiated the size and location of the oasis Shingetsu would create in the Land of Wind.
• Hanzō proposed diverting water from the Land of Rain to the oasis in exchange for food and waterworks, and Shingetsu said Konoha would take a share of the proceeds.
• Reto agreed to the arrangement, and Hashirama witnessed the agreement signed by Reto and Hanzō.
• Madara, Hōkaku, and Tōka opposed Shingetsu traveling to the Land of Wind, leaving Konoha to argue over who would accompany her.
• Hashirama showed the other Kage Konoha's morning market and landmarks, prompting them to admire the village's prosperity.
• Ishikawa proposed that the allied villages use Konoha Currency instead of maintaining separate currencies.

Shingetsu recognized that Ishikawa’s proposal to spread Konoha Currency could threaten Konoha’s unstable monetary system, then planned to secure gold and use cheap grain to make the village indispensable to the Shinobi World. As she prepared to travel to Sunagakure, Madara, Hōkaku, and finally Tobirama joined the expedition, while Hashirama was told to remain in Konoha.

• Shingetsu warned Hashirama and Tobirama that Konoha was not yet strong enough to let its currency circulate internationally, fearing that Ishikawa and the other Kage could exploit it and trigger inflation.
• Shingetsu postponed the currency proposal until after her trip to the Land of Wind, prioritized securing its gold mine, and planned to seize the Land of Fire’s remaining gold and silver deposits.
• Shingetsu endorsed selling grain to other villages at a loss, especially to Sunagakure, so that dependence on Konoha’s supplies could give Konoha control over the Shinobi World.
• Madara Uchiha insisted on joining Shingetsu’s trip to Sunagakure, while Hashirama was refused permission to go and Tōka was kept behind because of her Anbu duties.
• Hōkaku won the chance to accompany Shingetsu after arranging for others to handle his clan affairs, and Tobirama then declared that he would go as well.

Tobirama explained that his Shadow Clone Technique would let him accompany Shingetsu to Sunagakure while continuing his work, while Iwagakure and Kumogakure's leaders discussed Konoha's growing influence. Kurama persuaded a sleepy Shingetsu to bring him along to meet Shukaku, and she agreed.

• Tobirama demonstrated his Shadow Clone Technique and said he would use it with the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel with Shingetsu while handling Konoha's affairs.
• Hashirama accidentally destroyed Tobirama's shadow clone with a poke, and Madara mocked Tobirama for insisting on joining the trip.
• Ishikawa told Raikage A that Konoha was turning its village into a nation, and A warned that Kumogakure would not help Iwagakure if Konoha retaliated.
• A admitted he wanted to become the Daimyō of the Land of Lightning, and Ishikawa urged him to follow Konoha's example.
• Kurama convinced Shingetsu to bring him to the Land of Wind so he could meet Shukaku, and she agreed before falling asleep.

Shingetsu traveled with Madara and the others toward the Land of Wind, but the group stopped at the Land of Fire’s border after discovering people starving despite Konoha’s relief efforts. After learning that wealthy merchants and local nobles had diverted cheap grain and driven up prices, Shingetsu and Madara prepared to root out the culprits.

• Tobirama discovered Kurama hidden in Shingetsu’s backpack, and Madara carried Shingetsu onward while Hōkaku took the fox.
• Shingetsu saw refugees heading toward Konoha in search of food, medical care, and schooling, then encountered starving residents near the Land of Fire’s border.
• Tobirama and Hōkaku investigated and found that merchants and rural nobles had manipulated grain prices and blamed Konoha for the resulting famine.
• Madara grew furious over the suffering and corruption, but Shingetsu calmed him and declared that they would root out every parasite in the region.

Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju dismantled a borderland network of corrupt merchants and nobles, while Shingetsu helped feed the starving victims. After seeing how widespread the suffering was, Madara asked whether Konoha could annex the Land of Fire, and Shingetsu agreed.

• Madara Uchiha tracked down a wealthy merchant hiding in a lavish mansion and confronted him with the heads of his associates.
• Shingetsu killed the merchant by forcing food into him with Wood Release after he admitted profiting from Konoha's grain.
• Madara, Tobirama Senju, Shingetsu, and Hōkaku uprooted the borderland organization and distributed porridge made from seized grain and Shingetsu's Wood Release produce.
• Hōkaku sent ninja cats to summon Konoha shinobi, while Shamon struggled to understand why Konoha cared about the starving people.
• Madara asked Shingetsu whether Konoha could annex the entire Land of Fire, and she answered yes.

The delegation crossed the Land of Rain and entered the Land of Wind, where Shingetsu insisted they stop to rest. At camp, Tobirama won Shingetsu and Kurama over with his cooking, then Madara held the sleeping Shingetsu while Hōkaku was left with the fox.

• The delegation traveled through the devastated Land of Rain and into the barren Land of Wind, where Shamon asked Shingetsu about building the oasis.
• Shingetsu insisted on a rest stop, and Hōkaku used a Sealing Scroll to heat rice balls and give her clean clothes.
• Tobirama set up a windbreak and cooked a meal and pancakes, drawing Shingetsu and Kurama's eager attention while Hōkaku grew jealous.
• Hōkaku tried to hold Shingetsu as she slept, but Madara already had her in his arms and tossed the Red-Furred Fox into Hōkaku's lap.

Shingetsu and the Uchiha delegation reached Sunagakure and secured gold and an iron deposit from the Sand shinobi in exchange for food assistance. Madara then demanded that Sunagakure take them to collect its tailed beast.

• Madara carried the sleeping Shingetsu while Tobirama criticized how the Uchiha spoiled her, and Hōkaku and Madara defended her.
• The delegation arrived in Sunagakure, where the Sand shinobi stared in shock at Madara carrying Shingetsu.
• The Uchiha left Sunagakure without attending its planned ceremony and traveled with the Sand shinobi to the Gold Mine.
• Sandstorm used magnet release to reveal an iron deposit, while Shamon showed them gold bars that had already been mined.
• Madara took the gold and a Sealing Scroll, and Tobirama demanded the iron deposit; Shingetsu offered increased food assistance, and Shamon reluctantly agreed.
• Madara ordered Shamon and the Sand shinobi to take the delegation to collect the tailed beast, frightening them.

Madara Uchiha’s delegation took the One-Tail from the Sand Temple, and Shingetsu freed Shukaku in the desert. When Shukaku attacked, Shingetsu restrained him with a Wood Dragon and shattered his Wind Release attack with her sword, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Omori Masa and the monks led Madara Uchiha’s delegation into the Sand Temple and showed them the sealed One-Tail in a tea kettle.
• Madara ordered the seal undone, and Shingetsu told the monks to carry the kettle into the desert before releasing Shukaku with Futsunomitama.
• Shukaku emerged from the shattered kettle and swore revenge on humanity, while Kurama laughed and Hōkaku kept him from interfering.
• Shukaku attacked Shingetsu, but she trapped him with a Wood Dragon as Madara stopped Hōkaku, Tobirama Senju, and Shamon from joining the fight.
• Shingetsu sliced apart Shukaku’s Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet with Uchiha Style: Sun Halo Dance, astonishing Shukaku, Shamon, and the monk.

Shingetsu drained Shukaku’s chakra with the Wood Dragon, causing his giant body to crumble into sand, while Kurama and the other Tailed Beasts mocked him. Shingetsu’s Sharingan evolved, and Madara, Hōkaku, and Kurama turned on the captured tanuki after he insulted her.

• The Wood Dragon restrained Shukaku and drained his chakra as Kurama gloated and the other Tailed Beasts laughed at his tiny form.
• Shukaku’s chakra ran out, forcing him from the Tailed Beasts’ shared space and causing his enormous body to crumble into sand.
• Shingetsu absorbed the chakra and merged a new pair of eyes with her Mystic Eyes, awakening three-tomoe Sharingan with power approaching or surpassing the Mangekyō.
• Shingetsu caught the little tanuki as he tried to flee, and Shukaku cursed her for holding him and calling him cute.
• Madara and Hōkaku threatened Shukaku after he insulted Shingetsu, while Kurama urged them to kill him.