Chapter Summaries

Shinichi entered Sage Mode and overwhelmed the Raikage, whose final attack failed against Shinichi’s enhanced Repulsive Force. After the Raikage asked him to spare Kumogakure, Shinichi struck with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and the remaining Kumogakure forces retreated behind their defensive line.

• Shinichi used Sage Mode to seize the Raikage’s wrist and seal his chakra with Gentle Fist strikes.
• The Raikage launched one last Hell Stab, but Shinichi’s enhanced Repulsive Force broke his fingers and sent him flying.
• The Raikage asked Shinichi to leave Kumogakure a way to survive, and Shinichi said its fate depended on what it did next.
• Shinichi unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, destroying the ground where the Raikage stood and half the mountain behind it.
• The Kumogakure shinobi retreated inside the Third Line of Defense while the Hyuga forces held their position and hailed Shinichi as Lord Light Shadow.

Shinichi announced the First Raikage’s death and demanded that Kumogakure send an authorized negotiator, while Tobirama hurried Konoha’s army toward the Land of Lightning. A arrived as Kumogakure’s new Raikage and asked Shinichi to negotiate peace.

• Shinichi told the defeated Kumogakure forces to send an authorized negotiator within three days or face his visit to Kumogakure.
• Shinichi let a Kumogakure messenger escape and told the Kaguya they could return to Hyuga Village after the fighting ended.
• Tobirama learned that Hyuga Village had surrounded Kumogakure’s Third Line of Defense and ordered Konoha’s army to hurry toward the Land of Lightning.
• A arrived at the Hyuga camp as Kumogakure’s Second Raikage and admitted that he had killed the First Raikage.
• Shinichi agreed to negotiate at the camp, barred Kumogakure’s ninja from leaving the defensive line, and offered medical care for the wounded.
• A bowed to Shinichi and asked for peace on Kumogakure’s behalf.

Shinichi led Hyuga Village’s compensation negotiations with Kumogakure when Tobirama Senju arrived, claiming Konoha had come to mediate. Shinichi rejected Konoha’s involvement and left Tobirama with no say in the talks.

• Kakuzu arrived at the Hyuga camp with a ledger of the village’s wartime expenses and joined negotiations with A and two Kumogakure elders.
• Kakuzu listed Hyuga Village’s costs, and A agreed that Kumogakure would discuss compensation despite an elder’s protest.
• An Anbu reported that Tobirama Senju and Konoha’s army had reached the camp, and Shinichi told them to let Tobirama enter himself.
• Tobirama said Konoha had come to mediate and urged Hyuga Village to stop fighting, while Kakuzu mocked Konoha’s timing.
• Hayato Uchiha challenged Tobirama’s claim and accused Konoha of stalling as Uchiha members voiced their anger.
• Shinichi told Tobirama that the negotiations belonged to Hyuga Village and Kumogakure, and that Konoha could observe but had no say.

Shinichi Hyuga blocked Konoha’s attempt to enter negotiations over Kumogakure’s war reparations, leaving A to consider Hyuga Village’s terms alone. A asked to see the demands, and Shinichi presented him with a scroll.

• Tobirama Senju stayed at the negotiations after Hayato Uchiha and the Uchiha clansmen left the tent.
• A offered to compensate Hyuga Village for its war expenses, then invited Tobirama Senju to mediate if the demands went further.
• Shinichi exposed A’s attempt to use Konoha to reduce Kumogakure’s reparations, and Kakuzu argued Konoha had no right to a share.
• Shinichi told A that Kumogakure could refuse the terms and keep fighting, but A saw that Konoha would not fight for his village.
• A asked what Hyuga Village wanted, and Shinichi handed him a scroll and told him to read the first clause.

Shinichi Hyuga demanded that Kumogakure accept a younger-brother status under Hyuga Village and pay five billion ryo in war reparations. A accepted the brother-village clause to protect Kumogakure, while negotiations over the reparations ended with Kakuzu requiring interest on any installments.

• Shinichi Hyuga insisted that Kumogakure become Hyuga Village's younger brother, and A refused at first.
• Shinichi argued that the clause would protect Kumogakure from Kirigakure and Iwagakure, and A accepted it so his people could return home.
• A read the five-billion-ryo reparations demand, and Kakuzu rejected Kumogakure's offer of two billion ryo.
• Kakuzu allowed Kumogakure to pay in annual installments but added that interest would be extra.

Shinichi and Kakuzu negotiated Kumogakure’s war reparations and treaty terms, imposing steep interest, trade protections, and a ninety-nine-year lease on an iron mine. As A resisted the mine clause, Tobirama realized Hyuga Village could use it to establish a lasting presence in the Land of Lightning, and decided Konoha needed a share.

• Kakuzu set Kumogakure’s five-billion-ryo reparations at ten percent interest, and A accepted a ten-year payment plan totaling seven billion seven hundred and fifty million ryo.
• Shinichi secured freedom for Hyuga Village’s caravans to trade in the Land of Lightning, with Kumogakure responsible for recovering any stolen goods.
• A agreed that Kumogakure would lease an iron mine to Hyuga Village, but argued against Shinichi’s demand for a ninety-nine-year term.
• Tobirama realized Hyuga Village could use the mine to produce and sell kunai locally while establishing a foothold near Kumogakure.
• Tobirama decided Konoha had to secure a share of the mine, as Konoha had gained no tangible benefits from the negotiations so far.

Tobirama pressured Kumogakure into letting Konoha mine in the Land of Lightning for a yearly commission. Shinichi arranged for Konoha to spend that commission buying Hyuga Village’s kunai and shuriken, leaving Konoha with a mining mission but no place in the treaty.

• Tobirama demanded a hundred million ryo a year for Konoha to mine, and A objected that Konoha had no right to enter the Land of Lightning.
• Tobirama threatened Kumogakure with an alliance between Konoha and Hyuga Village, and Shinichi’s silence led A to agree to Konoha’s mining work.
• Shinichi insisted that Konoha pay the full commission and use it to buy kunai and shuriken from Hyuga Village at market prices.
• Tobirama realized the commission would return to Hyuga Village through the weapons sale, while Konoha gained only a long-term mining mission.

A accepted Hyuga Village’s terms for Kumogakure, agreeing to buy its Ninja Tools through a tier-one dealership and to grant Hyuga Village extraterritorial authority in the Land of Lightning. The treaty left Kumogakure’s standing sharply diminished, while Shinichi secured both commercial influence and legal privilege for Hyuga Village.

• A agreed that Kumogakure would purchase all its Ninja Tools from Hyuga Village and become a tier-one dealer, allowing it to resell the goods in the Land of Lightning.
• Kakuzu reminded A that he had never paid for a previous dealership attempt, and A paid five million ryo toward the franchise fee.
• Shinichi approved Kumogakure’s dealership under the usual rules, including paying half of each order up front.
• Shinichi presented the extraterritoriality clause, which required Kumogakure to hand Hyuga Village offenders over for judgment and prevented Kumogakure from intervening.
• Despite his elders’ objections, A accepted the clause, leaving Kumogakure unable to punish Hyuga Village shinobi in the Land of Lightning.

Hyuga Village ended its war with Kumogakure after A signed Shinichi’s seven-clause treaty, including a program sending Kumogakure’s top Genin to Hyuga Elementary School. The first students arrived, while the treaty’s reparations and other terms began taking effect across the shinobi world.

• Shinichi explained that Kumogakure would send twenty outstanding Genin to Hyuga Village each year for six years, and the elders realized the program could influence Kumogakure’s future leaders.
• A accepted the international-student clause and signed the treaty, formally ending the war between Hyuga Village and Kumogakure.
• Kumogakure’s trapped ninja left the defensive line, the Hyuga camp celebrated, and the Kaguya ninja received permission to move to Hyuga Village.
• A month later, Kakuzu recorded Kumogakure’s first one-billion-ryō reparations payment as Konoha’s ninja mined the iron mine and other treaty transactions proceeded.
• The first twenty Kumogakure Genin arrived at Hyuga Elementary School, and Shinichi watched them enter.
• The treaty between Hyuga Village and Kumogakure spread throughout the shinobi world.

News of Hyuga Village’s victory over Kumogakure changed how the other villages and clans viewed it. While the major villages reacted with caution, several clans decided to seek refuge with Hyuga Village.

• In Sunagakure, the Kazekage ordered trade with Hyuga Village to continue and instructed his people to treat its members courteously.
• In Kirigakure, the Mizukage learned that Hozuki Gengetsu had been powerless against Shinichi Hyuga and ordered an investigation into whether the Kaguya Clan had left the Land of Water.
• In Iwagakure, the Tsuchikage ordered intensified war preparations and appointed Mū to train shinobi.
• The Hagoromo Clan decided to leave its hiding place and seek refuge with Hyuga Village.
• The Ibuki Clan chose to join Hyuga Village after questioning whether Konoha would protect it.
• The Fuma Clan also decided to seek refuge with Hyuga Village, and clan representatives began arriving there.

Shinichi reviewed Hyuga Village’s growth and ordered every clan to send its six-year-old children to Hyuga Elementary School. After Uncle warned the Fuma clan leader that Shinichi might visit in person, the leader agreed to send the clan’s children to school.

• Uncle reported that eleven clans had joined Hyuga Village, bringing its active ninja force to around 1,600, and that over 120 children had learned to refine Chakra.
• Shinichi recalled that Madara Uchiha had deserted Konoha alone, taking the Uchiha Gunbai and a scythe, and ordered continued surveillance for news of him.
• Uncle told Shinichi that several new clans, led by the Fuma clan, were refusing to send their children to Hyuga Elementary School out of concern for their secret techniques.
• Shinichi insisted that compulsory education applied to every clan and told Uncle to say he would visit any clan that refused.
• After Uncle repeated Shinichi’s warning at the Fuma clan compound, the Fuma clan leader agreed to send the clan’s children to Hyuga Elementary School the next morning.

Kumogakure could not pay the full second-year war reparations, so Shinichi Hyuga negotiated for two of its Sage of Six Paths ninja tools instead. The Benihisago, the Amber Purifying Pot, and the remaining cash arrived in Hyuga Village, settling the payment in full.

• Kakuzu told Shinichi Hyuga that Kumogakure had delivered only five hundred million ryo, leaving four hundred and fifty million in reparations unpaid.
• Shinichi offered to accept Kumogakure's ninja tools at one hundred million ryo each, and Takai returned to consult A.
• A agreed to pay with the Benihisago and the Amber Purifying Pot, instructing Takai to negotiate for a higher price.
• Takai and Shinichi haggled until they agreed the two tools would cover four hundred million ryo, with Kumogakure paying the remaining fifty million in cash.
• Half a month later, Kumogakure delivered the two ninja tools and fifty million ryo to Hyuga Village.