Ch. 101Iwagakure's calculations! Konoha's support
Ning Feng returned to Konoha after taking control of Amegakure, and Minato Namikaze shielded him from Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo while granting him a council seat and major support for the village. Ning Feng then declared that Konoha would no longer yield to threats from other villages, leaving the Iwagakure envoy with a defiant message for Ōnoki and A.
- Danzo ordered Root to attack Uchiha Minato, but Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Fugaku made clear they would protect him, forcing Danzo to call off the order.
- Ning Feng reflected that Iwagakure would use his takeover of Amegakure to pressure Konoha, and that he had returned to secure Minato Namikaze's backing.
- Minato Namikaze made Uchiha Minato a Konoha councilor while allowing him to remain Amegakure's shadow, and promised 50 jonin, 1,000 chunin, 5,000 genin, and one billion in funding.
- Ning Feng thanked Minato Namikaze and criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo for targeting their own people and weakening Konoha.
- Ning Feng told the Iwagakure envoy to warn Ōnoki and A that Konoha would no longer back down, and declared that the era of Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Minato had begun.