Chapter Summaries

Shinichi tested a chakra-metal blade forged by Gengorō and ordered mixed-metal blades issued to Hyuga Village jonin. Half a month later, leaders and representatives from across the Shinobi World gathered at the village gates, where Shinichi welcomed them inside.

• Gengorō presented Shinichi with a blade made entirely of chakra metal, and Shinichi tested its cutting power on rocks and the riverbank.
• Gengorō explained the metal’s cost and scarcity, so Shinichi ordered future blades made with chakra metal mixed in and issued to each village jonin.
• Tobirama and Madara exchanged insults at the village gates, while Hashirama tried to smooth things over.
• Tobirama asked the Aburame clan leader to join Konoha, and Mū asked Hashirama whether Iwagakure could form an alliance with Konoha; Hashirama agreed, but Madara objected.
• Representatives from many villages and clans arrived, and Shinichi welcomed them and invited everyone into Hyuga Village.

Shinichi introduced Hyuga Village’s new ninja tools, crediting Gengorō and the clan’s costly manufacturing process. After demonstrating that Hyuga kunai were sturdier and announcing low retail prices, he began to reveal an even cheaper distributor price.

• Shinichi recalled how the Uchiha had supplied the Hyuga with tools and said he had brought Gengorō from the Land of Iron to help Hyuga Village make its own.
• Shinichi described the Hyuga’s secret manufacturing process and said they had used twenty thousand jin of iron ore to develop it.
• A Hyuga jonin repeatedly struck Hyuga-made kunai against market-bought kunai, showing the audience that the commercial blades chipped while the Hyuga blades remained intact.
• Shinichi announced that Hyuga kunai cost three thousand ryo and shuriken cost one thousand eight hundred ryo, prompting excited reactions from the gathered factions.
• Shinichi told the audience that the distributor price was even lower than the retail price.

Shinichi explained the Hyuga Clan’s distributor tiers, prices, and eligibility, prompting the major villages to claim tier-one status. The Uchiha publicly asked whether they counted as Hyuga friends, and the crowd waited for Shinichi to answer.

• Shinichi announced three distributor tiers, with purchase prices falling from 2,500 ryo per kunai and 1,500 per shuriken to 1,500 and 900 ryo for tier one.
• Shinichi set the membership fees and limits for each tier, reserving tier one for villages from the Five Great Nations and Hyuga friends.
• Shamon, Hozuki Gengetsu, and Mū secured tier-one status for their villages, while Tobirama rejected the offer for Konoha.
• A young Uchiha clansman asked whether the Uchiha counted as Hyuga friends and could become tier-one distributors, while Madara stayed silent.
• The assembled villages and clans turned toward Shinichi and waited for his reply.

Shinichi granted the Uchiha a first-tier distributorship without the five-million-ryo fee, prompting Tobirama to worry that Hyuga was drawing the clan away from Konoha. The distributor slots quickly filled, while the Kaguya clan head decided to seek a private deal after the conference.

• Shinichi called the Uchiha friends of the Hyuga and waived their franchise fee, giving them first-tier distributor status.
• Tobirama warned Hashirama that Hyuga was poaching the Uchiha, but Hashirama dismissed his concern and said the Uchiha would stay in Konoha.
• Shinichi opened registration for second-tier and then third-tier distributors, and the available slots filled amid a rush from villages, clans, and merchants.
• The Kaguya clan head declined to register and decided to speak privately with Shinichi after the conference because he was unwilling to risk five million ryo on a business his clan could not run.
• Shinichi ended the conference and announced dinner and accommodations, while the Kaguya clan head remained seated.

Shinichi waived the Kaguya Clan’s first-tier distributor fee and offered them a hundred million ryo to relocate to Hyuga Village. The Kaguya Clan Leader declined, revealing that his clan now wanted to build its own shinobi village after seeing the Hyuga’s example.

• A Hyuga jonin reported that the distributor fees totaled 295 million ryo, and Shinichi explained that monthly stock sales would bring in even more.
• The Kaguya Clan Leader asked Shinichi to waive the clan’s five-million-ryo franchise fee, and Shinichi agreed to make them first-tier distributors.
• Shinichi invited the Kaguya Clan to move to Hyuga Village and offered land, houses, and equal treatment, but the Kaguya Clan Leader said his people would not leave the Land of Water.
• Shinichi offered a hundred million ryo for resettlement, but the Kaguya Clan Leader refused the money and the invitation.
• The Kaguya Clan Leader said his clan had planned to seek refuge with Kirigakure, but now wanted to establish a shinobi village of its own.

Shinichi gave the Kaguya Clan leader a hundred million ryo to help establish a village and secure an alliance with Hyuga Village. He then offered the Aburame Clan a hundred million ryo and resettlement support, and its leader agreed to join Hyuga Village.

• Shinichi offered the Kaguya Clan leader a hundred million ryo in support of establishing a Shinobi Village and proposed an alliance between the clans.
• The Kaguya Clan leader accepted the money, agreed to the alliance, and planned to return to the Land of Water to discuss founding the village.
• After the Kaguya Clan leader left, Shinichi considered Hyuga Village's need to strengthen its shinobi and welcomed the Aburame Clan leader.
• Shinichi explained why the Hyuga had established their own village rather than joining Konoha and invited the Aburame Clan to join Hyuga Village.
• Shinichi offered the Aburame Clan a hundred million ryo as a resettlement allowance, and the Aburame Clan leader agreed to join.

The shinobi villages and clans departed Hyuga Village after arranging shipments, while the Aburame Clan chose to join Hyuga Village and prepared to relocate. That night, a masked, white-haired person appeared in the woods outside the village.

• Shamon, Hozuki Gengetsu, and Mū confirmed their villages’ orders with Shinichi before leaving, and smaller-country dealers also departed after securing their goods.
• The Aburame Clan Leader rejected Tobirama’s offer to join Konoha and accepted Shinichi’s welcome to Hyuga Village, drawing laughter from the Uchiha clansmen.
• Hashirama and the Konoha clans left for the Land of Fire, while Madara challenged Shinichi to fight again and Tobirama headed alone toward the Land of Hot Water.
• The Aburame Clan Leader planned to return to the Land of Fire to prepare his clan’s move, and Shinichi arranged help for their relocation and a compound in the woods north of the village.
• A white-haired person wearing a mask appeared in the woods outside Hyuga Village that night.