Chapter Summaries

After hearing Hashirama admit his mistakes, Madara took him and Shingetsu to the Naka River to revisit their childhood stone-skipping spot. Their contest and conversation helped Hashirama recover his spirits, and the friends ended the night grilling fish and sharing wine.

• Madara heard Hashirama confess that he had been wrong and found him exhausted and dejected in the Hokage Building.
• Madara led Hashirama and Shingetsu to the Naka River and challenged Hashirama to skip stones.
• Madara reminded Hashirama of their shared dream, and Hashirama realized Konoha was still moving toward it.
• Hashirama cheered after throwing a stone across the river, while Madara helped Shingetsu practice.
• Hashirama caught fish with stones, and he and Madara grilled them before sharing wine.

Tobirama’s attempt to make Hashirama, Madara, and Shingetsu work ended with Madara burning the Hokage office documents, while Konoha welcomed exchange students who crowded around Shingetsu and suffered Madara’s brutal training. At Pine Mountain Town, the new factory received its first laborers, who were cleaned, clothed, fed, and settled in before training began the next day.

• Tobirama ordered Hashirama, Madara, and Shingetsu to work, but Madara’s Fire Dragon destroyed Tobirama’s Shadow Clones, documents, and part of the building.
• Exchange students from several hidden villages arrived at Konoha’s Ninja Academy, where Shingetsu tied up those who crowded around her with Wood Release.
• Madara beat the exchange students who had approached or challenged Shingetsu during their first practical combat class.
• Yuhi Qiang welcomed the first factory workers to Pine Mountain Town, registered them, and assigned them to dormitory groups.
• Yuhi Qiang arranged for the workers to bathe, change into work clothes, and eat hot meals before their formal training began the following day.

Konoha’s open education and compulsory schooling astonished transfer students, especially the Kirigakure Trio, who had fled a deadly graduation policy. Shingetsu then brought Kurama and Shukaku to school, where the Sunagakure Trio realized the cute animals adored by the students were the Nine-Tails and One-Tail.

• Factory workers began literacy, operating-procedure, and Chakra Extraction Technique lessons under harsh shinobi supervision.
• Transfer students discovered Konoha’s ninjutsu library and learned that compulsory education barred child labor, early graduation, and sending children to war.
• Chiyo asked Shingetsu why she remained a student, and Shingetsu explained Konoha’s education rules.
• The Kirigakure Trio reflected on the brutal graduation policy awaiting their village and vowed to grow strong enough to change it.
• Shingetsu secretly brought Kurama and Shukaku to the academy, where students eagerly fed and petted them.
• Sandstorm recognized Shukaku as the One-Tail and suspected that Kurama was the Nine-Tails, leaving the Sunagakure Trio horrified.

Madara Uchiha found the academy in chaos and punished the students, Shingetsu, and Hashirama before sending the class to the Forest of Death for combat training. There, Inari's scheme put Shingetsu to sleep, leaving Madara furious as he watched from outside the forest.

• Madara returned to find the classroom wrecked and threw Kurama and Shukaku away before beating the students unconscious, including the Sunagakure Trio.
• Shingetsu tried to escape through a window, but Hashirama shielded her and got beaten by Madara.
• Madara took the revived students to the Forest of Death for an outdoor combat exercise, where they feared facing Shingetsu.
• Inari persuaded the students to build a cozy cottage as a trap, and Shingetsu entered and fell asleep in its bed.
• Inari and Miki marked the cottage as a place to avoid while Hashirama watched through the surveillance system and Madara grew furious at Shingetsu.

The students fought a village free-for-all in the Forest of Death while Shingetsu slept through the chaos in her cabin. After the battle ended with Shiring Aburame as the overlooked victor, Madara woke Shingetsu, who tried to escape punishment by calling for Uncle Hashirama.

• The students moved their fight away from Shingetsu’s cabin, then teamed up to defeat Ōnoki and Scorched Earth before turning on one another by village.
• Konoha’s students overwhelmed the other villages, and the exhausted survivors left the Forest of Death until only Kagami, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Miki, Inari, and Shiring Aburame remained.
• Kagami fought Hiruzen Sarutobi one-on-one and revealed his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, but both eventually collapsed, leaving Shiring Aburame as the winner.
• Madara woke Shingetsu late at night and confronted her for oversleeping, so she screamed for Uncle Hashirama to save her.

Madara, Hashirama, and Shingetsu tried to evade Tobirama’s overtime demands, but he forced them back to the Hokage Building. When Tobirama asked them to choose a site for their shogunates, Shingetsu proposed looking beyond the Land of Fire and unfolded a map of the entire Shinobi World.

• Madara doubled Shingetsu’s training after she fell asleep, and Hashirama tried to shield her from punishment before both were beaten.
• Madara, Hashirama, and Shingetsu attempted to escape Tobirama’s overtime summons, but his Shadow Clones cornered them throughout Konoha.
• Tobirama threatened to resign, compelling the three to return to the Hokage Building with him.
• Instead of paperwork, Tobirama presented a Land of Fire map and told the shoguns and princess to choose territories for their shogunates.
• Shingetsu dismissed the Land of Fire map and unveiled a map of the Shinobi World, suggesting they consider the wider world.

Madara, Hashirama, Tobirama, and Shingetsu chose small countries for their shogunates, with Hashirama selecting the Land of Rain and Madara the Land of Grass. Shingetsu's choice was the Land of Whirlpools, where Mito planned to take power and offered the country as Shingetsu's fief in return for her support and protection.

• Hashirama worried that establishing shogunates in small countries would cause turmoil, but Shingetsu argued that ordinary people cared most about living well, and the group agreed to target strategically valuable neighboring lands.
• Hashirama chose the Land of Rain, and Madara chose the Land of Grass for its fertile plains and agricultural resources.
• Shingetsu pointed to the Land of Whirlpools as her choice.
• Mito told Shingetsu that Uzumaki Ashina had arranged another marriage for her, so she planned to return home and become head of the Uzumaki Clan and daimyō of the Land of Whirlpools.
• Mito revealed that a clansman had been abducted and that her family had accepted his supposed drowning, convincing her that the Land of Whirlpools needed closer ties to Konoha.
• Mito pledged herself to Shingetsu and offered to make the Land of Whirlpools her fief in exchange for Shingetsu's support.

Princess Mito seized control of the Uzumaki Clan and the Land of Whirlpools, while Shingetsu began organizing her new fief and asked Tobirama to build ships. Tobirama apologized to Shingetsu, reflected on the losses caused by the old order, and revealed that he regretted not overthrowing the daimyō and nobles sooner.

• Princess Mito returned to the Land of Whirlpools after bidding farewell to Konoha, and she declared that the friendship between the Uzumaki Clan and Konoha would last forever.
• Princess Mito sealed the Uzumaki clansmen's chakra, defeated them, and took control of the Uzumaki Clan and the Land of Whirlpools.
• Shingetsu began preparing to establish her fief, considered the region's resources and shipping potential, and asked Tobirama to build ships.
• Tobirama agreed to build ships for Shingetsu in exchange for her processing a stack of documents, then told her he owed her an apology.
• Shingetsu told Tobirama to apologize to Madara first, and Tobirama reflected on his past with Izuna and the people lost to war.
• Tobirama told Shingetsu he did not regret killing Izuna, but his greatest regret was not eliminating the daimyō and nobles sooner and letting shinobi seize power.

Shingetsu thanked Tobirama for his praise by demanding food, then joined Madara at the Ninja Academy, where she observed the students’ chaotic routines and caught Uchiha Kazuma selling dolls of her and others. Kazuma revealed he had hired workers to produce them, leaving Shingetsu astonished by his unexpected business enterprise.

• Tobirama thanked Shingetsu for her contributions to Konoha, and she immediately asked him to make her several dishes before he sent her away with her documents.
• Hōzuki Oborozuki begged Shimura Danzō to let him copy his homework, while Kagami Uchiha and Hiruzen Sarutobi argued over who had won their last practical exercise.
• Madara caught Hōzuki Oborozuki with unfinished homework, dragged him to the Training Ground, and beat him unconscious before beginning class.
• Madara struck Shingetsu with chalk when she grew distracted during the lesson, but spared her from the harsher punishment he had given Oborozuki.
• After class, Shingetsu caught Uchiha Kazuma selling dolls of her and discovered that he had also made Madara and Hashirama dolls.
• Shingetsu questioned Uchiha Kazuma about the dolls, and he confessed that he had rented a house and hired people to produce them.

Shingetsu persuaded Uchiha Kazuma to turn his doll shop into a trading-card business, then joined Chinatsu, Madara, and Hashirama for dinner at the Orphanage. After helping gather ingredients and watching Chinatsu cook a spicy offal soup, Shingetsu tried it and found it far too hot.

• Shingetsu took hush money from Uchiha Kazuma, demanded his shop, and proposed selling collectible Konoha Cards.
• Yakushi Chinatsu invited Shingetsu to dinner at the Orphanage, and Hashirama persuaded Madara to come along.
• At the Orphanage, Shingetsu helped Chinatsu and the children gather wild vegetables before they went to the market for groceries.
• Madara bought extra meat, while Hashirama carried the heavy groceries back to the Orphanage.
• Chinatsu and the children prepared a spicy offal soup, and Shingetsu burst into tears after tasting it.

Shingetsu shared a sweet moment with Chinatsu at the Orphanage, then joined Hashirama and Madara at the Bakery, where Tobirama arrived with supplies and urgent news. Tobirama summoned the three to the Hokage Building after revealing that Sunagakure had captured the Land of Wind's capital, but its Daimyo had escaped.

• Shingetsu and Madara struggled with Chinatsu's spicy food, so Chinatsu made them milder soup and rice balls, which they enjoyed.
• Chinatsu gave Shingetsu a jar of konpeito to thank her for the kindness she had shown three years earlier, and they shared the sweets.
• Hashirama brought baby supplies to Momoka and Tatsuki at the Bakery and announced that he had chosen Tsunade or Nawaki as the baby's name.
• Tobirama delivered more supplies, money, and pregnancy advice to Momoka and Tatsuki before ordering Hashirama, Madara, and Shingetsu to come with him.
• Tobirama told them that Sunagakure had captured the Capital of the Land of Wind, but the Daimyo had escaped.

Sunagakure asked Konoha to help contain the economic collapse caused by the escaped Daimyō of the Land of Wind and his allies. Konoha deployed troops and Shingetsu imposed Konoha Currency, then secretly prepared a plan to exploit the merchants’ ongoing dumping.

• Sunagakure’s failed coup was traced to its infighting, which let the Daimyō escape with supplies and leave the country’s economy in chaos.
• The Sand shinobi begged Konoha for help, and Tobirama agreed on the condition that Sunagakure follow Konoha’s orders.
• Konoha sent a disciplined force to hunt the Daimyō’s Guardian Ninja while Tobirama used the campaign to train his disciples.
• Shingetsu and Madara went to Sunagakure, where Shingetsu ordered Konoha Currency to become the sole currency in circulation.
• Shamon brought Shingetsu a list of merchants colluding with the Daimyō, but she refused to kill them and revealed she had secretly stockpiled supplies and grain.

Shingetsu dismantled the Land of Wind’s profiteering nobles, stabilized its economy with Konoha supplies and currency, and helped Sunagakure recover. The daimyō escaped and became the target of a worldwide shinobi manhunt, while the Land of Wind fell into deep economic dependence on Konoha.

• Shingetsu ordered shinobi to uncover the speculators’ assets and accomplices, then shut down black markets and required transactions to use Konoha Currency.
• Konoha and Sand shinobi sealed the borders, seized fleeing nobles’ fortunes, and helped bring down prices by selling essential supplies.
• Madara and the Uchiha captured prominent nobles and merchants, exposed their crimes to the public, and watched as the crowds killed them.
• Konoha flooded the market with supplies until speculators lost their investments, and Shingetsu marked every name on the family tree with a red cross.
• Shingetsu learned the Land of Wind’s daimyō had escaped and mobilized the major hidden villages to hunt him.
• Konoha’s currency replaced the Land of Wind’s local money, leaving the country economically dependent on Konoha.

Shingetsu warned Sunagakure to learn from the Land of Wind’s catastrophe as the Daimyo became the target of shinobi across the Five Great Nations. After his capture, Tobirama and Madara recovered the hidden royal treasure and took the Daimyo into Tobirama’s custody.

• Shingetsu told Chiyo that Sunagakure needed to change its ways and could not rely on Konoha to rescue it again.
• The Five Kage agreed to hunt the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, while smaller shinobi villages sought Konoha’s protection and other factions killed powerful nobles and merchants to prevent similar economic attacks.
• Tobirama finalized Sunagakure’s agreements as the Daimyo was captured in disguise as a beggar.
• Tobirama and Madara stopped rival shinobi from fighting over the Daimyo and used Madara’s Sharingan to make him reveal the location of the Land of Wind’s hidden treasure.
• Madara handed the Daimyo to Tobirama after Tobirama said he would extract every secret from him.

After Konoha seized the Land of Wind’s treasure, Tobirama sought skilled bookkeepers to manage the village’s growing wealth. Kakuzu solved his accounting challenge and was ushered into a test, leaving his mission to meet the Hokage on hold.

• Tobirama brought the Land of Wind’s Daimyo back to Konoha and secured the royal family’s vast treasure.
• Hashirama and Shingetsu rushed into the treasure, but Tobirama teleported Hashirama away and sealed the riches back into the scroll.
• Konoha used its new wealth to support its growth and sought newcomers with bookkeeping skills to manage its accounts.
• Kakuzu arrived as Takigakure’s representative but learned that he might wait months to meet the Hokage.
• Kakuzu solved Tobirama’s posted ledger problem correctly, and the Konoha shinobi eagerly brought him inside.
• Tobirama admired Kakuzu’s calculations and ordered him to take a further test under his supervision.

Kakuzu refused Tobirama’s lucrative job offer out of loyalty to Takigakure, but Takigakure transferred him to Konoha anyway, where he was buried in ledgers and overtime. Meanwhile, Shingetsu and Kazuma introduced Konoha Cards to Hashirama, who became so engrossed in playing that Kazuma had to rush them back to class.

• Tobirama offered Kakuzu a well-paid position after he impressed him by earning a perfect score on an exam, but Kakuzu refused because he was loyal to Takigakure.
• Tobirama arranged for Kakuzu to stay in Konoha, and Kakuzu received word that Takigakure had transferred him to work for Konoha.
• Tobirama gave Kakuzu a towering stack of ledgers to calculate, trapping him in overtime work at the Hokage Building.
• Shingetsu and Kazuma showed Hashirama the Konoha Cards they had designed, and Shingetsu taught him how to play.
• Hashirama lost repeatedly to Shingetsu but loved the game, while Kazuma realized their lunch break was nearly over and tried to hurry them to Madara’s class.

Shingetsu and Kazuma turned their card game into the hugely popular Konoha Cards business, while Madara confiscated their first deck to keep Shingetsu from becoming addicted. The shop thrived amid booster-pack chaos, leaving customers arguing over rare cards and Hōzuki Oborozuki protesting that Kirigakure cards were weak and scarce.

• Shingetsu, Hashirama, and Kazuma skipped Madara's class to play cards, so Madara beat them and confiscated their decks after Hashirama invited him to join in.
• Shingetsu and Kazuma sold Konoha Cards across Konoha, and Kazuma opened a popular toy shop stocked with dolls and randomized booster packs.
• Kazuma exposed a Hyuga shinobi who tried to use his Byakugan to find rare cards and forced him out of the shop.
• Customers fought over the booster pack the Hyuga shinobi had selected, and Uchiha Miki won it, only to find a Tobirama Senju card inside.
• Hōzuki Oborozuki confronted Kazuma over Konoha's strong cards and Kirigakure's small selection, but Kazuma defended the business's focus on what customers bought.

Uchiha Madara ordered Uchiha Yan and two other Uchiha to manage his shogunate in the Land of Grass, while Shingetsu arranged for Cat Granny to oversee its livestock business. Shingetsu prepared to attend Princess Mito’s inauguration in the Land of Whirlpools, but rejected the nobles’ restrictive dress and beauty customs.

• Uchiha elders joked about Shingetsu, card games, and the Uchiha’s hopes of one day producing a Hokage until Madara summoned Uchiha Yan to work in the Land of Grass.
• Madara told Uchiha Yan that Yōta Uchiha and Hayato would accompany him, and Shingetsu later recruited Cat Granny to manage livestock and meat sales there.
• Princess Mito toppled her father and prepared to become the Land of Whirlpools’ Daimyō, prompting Shingetsu to travel there for her inauguration.
• Shingetsu put on a Jūnihitoe for the journey, refused the court lady’s demands for lead makeup, blackened teeth, and plucked eyebrows, and declared that they would make their own rules.

Shingetsu and the Konoha party sailed to the Land of Whirlpools aboard Tobirama’s steamship, turning the diplomatic trip into a lively outing. After arriving, Shingetsu found her future fief impoverished and learned that the Uzumaki supported Princess Mito’s leadership and her claim to the land.

• Tobirama showed Shingetsu the enormous steamship he had commissioned, and the party boarded for the Land of Whirlpools.
• The children played on deck while Madara and Hashirama helped the short-handed crew, then joined the children’s Konoha Cards game.
• Shingetsu asked for seafood, so Tobirama caught fish and prepared a feast for nearly everyone aboard.
• After the long voyage, the party reached the Land of Whirlpools and found its harbor and surrounding country far poorer than expected.
• Uzumaki guides told the visitors that the clan supported Princess Mito as leader and welcomed Shingetsu’s fief, while they resented Uzumaki Ashina for trying to marry Mito to Hashirama.

Shingetsu and Mito completed the ceremony that made the Land of Whirlpools Shingetsu’s fief and ended its isolation. Mito then secured merchants’ support for a new trading port, leaving the Uzumaki clansmen astonished by the wealth and opportunity ahead.

• Shingetsu’s party arrived in Uzushiogakure, where the red-haired Uzumaki clansmen eagerly welcomed Hashirama, Tobirama, Madara, and Shingetsu.
• Mito wore a hunting robe and presided over the inauguration rites alongside Shingetsu, while representatives from Konoha, other nations, and merchant groups attended.
• After the ceremony established the Land of Whirlpools as Shingetsu’s fief, Mito announced that it would open to the shinobi world.
• Mito proposed building a trading port and persuaded Shingetsu, Konoha, Madara, and numerous merchants to support the project.
• The Uzumaki clansmen watched the merchants pledge wealth and wondered whether their clan would become rich.