Chapter Summaries

Yuzuru and his allies prepared to seize Kirigakure while the village was weakened by war, and he claimed the title of Mizukage after eliminating its leadership. The chapter ended with Yuzuru asking the assembled village who supported his rule and who opposed it.

• Minato found Kakashi's discarded kunai and scraps of a Konoha forehead protector, realized Yuzuru might have helped Kakashi and Rin survive, and wished him success.
• Yuzuru trained Kakashi, Uchiha Hikari, and Rin on Ten Thousand Fathom Peak while the war shifted and Kirigakure became vulnerable.
• Yuzuru sent Hikari to control the Land of Water's nobles and daimyo, while Kakashi and Rin infiltrated Kirigakure and located its leaders.
• Yuzuru, Kakashi, and Rin killed Kirigakure's higher-ups and its chunin-or-higher defenders, including Yagura, while most of the village's ninja were away.
• When Kirigakure's returning ninja arrived, Yuzuru and Kakashi sealed the village with the Four Violet Flames Formation, and Yuzuru declared himself Mizukage.

Minazuki Yuzuru seized control of Kirigakure and imposed sweeping reforms, renaming it the Sea Capital and replacing its ninja system with a military and schools. He appointed Mei Terumi and Ao to key roles, then ordered the Land of Water’s borders sealed while the reforms were carried out.

• Yuzuru killed Kirigakure’s Jonin and leaders, used Isobu and a giant ice sphere to end resistance, and declared himself the village’s highest authority.
• Yuzuru ordered Kirigakure’s Anbu and ninja department disbanded and announced the creation of the Sea Capital, a military, and military and science academies.
• Yuzuru appointed Mei Terumi as the school’s first principal and military deputy commander, made Ao head of the Oversight Department, and abolished policies targeting bloodline clans.
• Yuzuru instructed Mei Terumi to distribute the reform plans and establish the new system within a week, while Kakashi expressed admiration for his plans.
• Yuzuru ordered Mei Terumi to seal the Land of Water’s borders against foreign ninja and said the daimyo and nobles would fund the reforms.

Yuzuru tasked Mei Terumi with preparing Kirigakure’s school reforms and a sweeping campaign against the Land of Water’s nobles, revealing that the daimyo had already been replaced and the capital’s nobles controlled. Mei agreed to carry out the plans, while Yuzuru turned his attention to bringing Orochimaru into his project.

• Mei Terumi reported that the shinobi reforms were complete and the Sea Capital school had been established, and Yuzuru set enrollment to begin in a month.
• Yuzuru explained that the school would educate future elites rather than turn everyone into soldiers, and Mei agreed to oversee recruitment and prepare new textbooks.
• Yuzuru gave Mei a list of nobles and a document detailing a plan to eliminate them, and she warned that the reforms would be difficult to pass through the daimyo.
• Yuzuru revealed that the daimyo was already dead, an impostor occupied the position, and the nobles in the capital were under his control.
• Mei promised to complete the mission in three months, and Yuzuru told her to work with Kakashi.
• After Mei left, Yuzuru thought about bringing Orochimaru into his effort to transform the Shinobi World.

Kirigakure transformed the Land of Water under Mei Terumi and Kakashi, ending exploitation and bringing prosperity to ordinary people. Meanwhile, Orochimaru received Yuzuru's invitation and considered joining his plan, and Mei was summoned to the president's office.

• Orochimaru read a letter from Yuzuru about the Shinobi World's origins and eternal life, then visited Hatake Sakumo to ask about Yuzuru's plans.
• Sakumo urged Orochimaru to accept Yuzuru's invitation, explaining that Yuzuru intended to end the rotten era and had asked Sakumo to protect young people in Konoha.
• Orochimaru returned to his laboratory, kept the letter, and resumed his experiments with Hashirama Cells and his pursuit of eternal life.
• Three months later, Mei Terumi and Kakashi had removed bandits and nobles from the Land of Water, distributed land to ordinary people, and established strict rules for local garrisons.
• Mei inspected the towns and villages, saw residents living in greater peace and prosperity, and recognized how the Shinobi World had failed ordinary people.
• After a woman summoned Mei to the president's office, Mei changed into a deep-blue dress and fishnet stockings before setting out.

Yuzuru assigned Mei Terumi and Uchiha Hikari to destroy the Land of Water’s capital and negotiate with Sunagakure to help secure Pakura’s defection. As he planned Sea Capital’s development, he learned how few kekkei genkai clan members remained and ordered their protection.

• Yuzuru introduced Uchiha Hikari to Mei Terumi and explained her ancient origins and powerful Sharingan abilities.
• Yuzuru ordered Mei Terumi and Hikari to eliminate the Land of Water’s nobles and daimyo, rescue children and slaves, and destroy the capital.
• Yuzuru sent Mei Terumi and Hikari to Sunagakure to demand an explanation for its wartime attack and arrange for Pakura to be abandoned and rescued.
• Yuzuru began planning Sea Capital’s infrastructure, and Rin proposed building a large hospital.
• Kakashi gave Yuzuru a census showing the kekkei genkai clans had dwindled to a handful of members, prompting Yuzuru to order Rin and Kakashi to bring the Chinoike Clan safely to him.

Yuzuru reorganized the bloodline clans in the Sea Capital, offering them safety and new opportunities while setting strict rules for their children’s education and military service. After assigning the clans new residences, he worked through the backlog with Mei Terumi and continued planning the city’s future.

• Yuzuru met Ringo Ameyuri, Zabuza, and Kisame, warned them to keep Ameyuri from fighting, and brought them to the presidential building.
• Yuzuru sent Kakashi to find the Chinoike Clan and had Mei Terumi help him with paperwork before addressing the bloodline clans.
• Yuzuru promised the clans places to live in the Sea Capital and required their children aged six to fourteen to attend school, while forbidding forced military service and attacks on civilians.
• Yuzuru set special graduation and enlistment requirements for Kaguya Clan children and ordered the clans to move within two days.
• Yuzuru and Mei Terumi finished most of the paperwork by lunchtime, and he then continued drafting the Sea Capital’s three-year plan as she leaned against him.

Mei Terumi and Uchiha Hikari negotiated with Chiyo and Ebizo over Sunagakure’s wartime attack on Kirigakure, demanding compensation and Pakura’s surrender. They reached a deal that included a hostage arrangement involving Rasa’s infant daughter, though the child would remain in Sunagakure for five years first.

• Mei Terumi demanded an explanation and two hundred million ryo in compensation for Sunagakure’s surprise attack on Kirigakure.
• Chiyo and Ebizo refused to hand over Pakura, calling her a war hero, so Mei threatened to treat nonpayment as a provocation of war.
• Mei described Kirigakure’s renewed strength and argued that Pakura was not essential to Sunagakure’s future, prompting Chiyo to offer fifty million ryo over five years in exchange for Pakura.
• Mei demanded a hostage to prevent another surprise attack and proposed Rasa’s infant daughter; Chiyo objected, then negotiated for the child to remain in Sunagakure for five years before being sent to the Land of Water.
• Mei accepted the arrangement with the understanding that the child would be watched, and Chiyo agreed to the deal.

After Mei Terumi reported the peace treaty, Yuzuru welcomed the Ketsuryūgan-wielding Chinoike Clan into Sea Capital and learned that Minato had become Fourth Hokage. He sent Kakashi to find an Uzumaki mother and daughter in Kusagakure, while warning that Obito would soon attack Minato and Kushina.

• Mei Terumi told Yuzuru that Temari would serve as the Land of Wind's hostage, and he assigned Mei Terumi and Uchiha Hikari to watch over Pakura.
• Kakashi brought seven Chinoike Clan members to Yuzuru, who welcomed them as Sea Capital citizens and explained their military and education opportunities.
• Kakashi told Yuzuru that Minato had become Fourth Hokage, and Yuzuru warned that Obito would soon attack Minato and Kushina.
• Yuzuru sent Kakashi to Kusagakure to find a red-haired mother and daughter, and Kakashi left immediately on a Thunder Eagle.

Kakashi brought Mie Uzumaki and Karin to the Land of Water, where Yuzuru arranged their citizenship, housing, and training. Back at military headquarters, Mei Terumi learned Yuzuru had been close to Kurenai since childhood and decided she needed to win him over.

• Kakashi brought Mie Uzumaki and Karin to the Sea Capital, and Yuzuru arranged citizen IDs, housing, and medical training for them.
• Mie asked Yuzuru about Kushina, and he said she was in Konoha and could teach her sealing jutsu.
• Kakashi helped Mie and Karin settle in and introduced them to Rin before returning to military headquarters.
• Mei Terumi and Kakashi reviewed the military's staffing shortages and the bloodline clans' assessments.
• Mei asked Kakashi what Yuzuru liked, learned he had spent time with Kurenai since childhood, and resolved to win him over.

Yuzuru and his allies rescued Pakura from a Sand Ninja plot and brought her into the Military Department. Sea Capital Academy opened its first enrollment, and the chapter ended with Kakashi reporting that Konoha had tightened security.

• Mei Terumi and Uchiha Hikari intercepted the Sand Ninja Anbu as they tried to kill Pakura, then took her to the Sea Capital.
• After Yuzuru treated Pakura, Mei Terumi explained that Rasa had targeted her as a political rival and offered her a place in the Military Department.
• Sea Capital Academy opened enrollment to nearly two thousand students, and Yuzuru gave the first-day speech before discussing early graduation plans with Mei Terumi.
• Kakashi arrived at Yuzuru's office and reported that spies had noticed a sudden tightening of security inside Konoha.

Yuzuru left the Sea Capital for Konoha with Uchiha Hikari, entrusting Mei Terumi and Kakashi with the government in his absence. He reunited with Sakumo and revealed that he planned to save Minato and his wife, take the Nine-Tails, and bring Kurenai and the others away from Konoha.

• Yuzuru appointed Mei Terumi acting president and left Kakashi in charge of the Military Department while he traveled to Konoha with Uchiha Hikari.
• Yuzuru and Hikari spotted Tsunade and Shizune in a town as they crossed the Land of Fire, and Hikari sensed Tsunade's immense chakra.
• Yuzuru took Hikari to his home in Konoha, where Sakumo welcomed him after years apart.
• Yuzuru told Sakumo that Hikari was an Uchiha from the Warring States period whose Sharingan had led the Senju Clan to seal her away.
• Yuzuru told Sakumo he intended to save Minato and his wife, take the Nine-Tails, and bring Kurenai and the others away from Konoha.

Yuzuru returned to Konoha with Uchiha Hikari, ate barbecue, and reunited with Kurenai, Guy, and Shisui. He invited them to leave with him for the Sea Capital, and Kurenai and Shisui agreed.

• Yuzuru reassured Sakumo that he could move freely in Konoha and asked his father to leave a Shadow Clone behind when he joined him later.
• Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari visited the Akimichi BBQ Restaurant, where Yuzuru explained that he wanted to develop technology and break the Shinobi World's stagnation.
• Yuzuru reunited with Kurenai, Guy, and Shisui at the restaurant and told them he had explored beyond the Shinobi World.
• Yuzuru told them that Kakashi missed him, and revealed that Rin was alive and had become the Three-Tails' perfect jinchuriki.
• Yuzuru invited Kurenai and Shisui to join him in building a future elsewhere, and both agreed to leave Konoha.

Yuzuru introduced Uchiha Hikari to Shisui and Itachi, and she revealed her ability to copy Uchiha dōjutsu and recognize the talents behind Mangekyō abilities. After dinner, Kurenai followed Yuzuru home, where he prepared to sleep between her and Hikari.

• Shisui asked who Hikari was, and Yuzuru explained that she was an ancient Uchiha with powerful dōjutsu who had been sealed away.
• Hikari said she could use every dōjutsu that had appeared in the Uchiha Clan, and Yuzuru congratulated Shisui on awakening his Mangekyō.
• Hikari identified Itachi's future Mangekyō talents as fire and genjutsu, then explained that each Sharingan's innate talent was fixed.
• Yuzuru told Shisui and Itachi to stop asking questions and eat, while he and Hikari noticed an Anbu arriving at the restaurant.
• Kurenai followed Yuzuru home, and Sakumo silently watched him walk between her and Hikari.
• Yuzuru prepared bedding and said he would sleep between Kurenai and Hikari, then pulled them back when they tried to leave.

Yuzuru spent the day with Kurenai Yuhi and Uchiha Hikari, while Yūhi Shinku secretly followed them and worried about his daughter’s relationship with Yuzuru. Kurenai looked forward to a future wedding, but she stayed with Yuzuru that night, where he urged her to eat rabbit meat from Ten Thousand Fathom Peak to help her training.

• Uchiha Hikari told Yuzuru and Kurenai Yuhi that a strange middle-aged man was following them, and Kurenai identified him as her father, Yūhi Shinku.
• Kurenai confronted Yūhi Shinku in a women’s clothing shop, told him she would come home that night, and sent him away after reassuring him about her relationship with Yuzuru.
• Yuzuru teased Kurenai about marrying her, and Uchiha Hikari explained that weddings and marriage registration were required in the Land of Water.
• Yūhi Shinku waited at home with a feast, but Kurenai sent a ninja cat with a letter saying she would stay with Yuzuru to learn new ninjutsu.
• Yuzuru encouraged Kurenai to finish rabbit meat from Ten Thousand Fathom Peak, and Uchiha Hikari explained that its natural energy could aid training in Sage Mode.

Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari arrived during the Nine-Tails’ attack on Konoha, exposed Obito’s identity, and took the Nine-Tails away. Yuzuru overwhelmed Obito with his ice abilities, but Obito escaped, leaving the village to face the aftermath.

• Shisui and Uchiha Itachi left the Uchiha Clan and joined Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, Yūhi Shinku, and Genma Shiranui as the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha.
• Yuzuru exposed Obito Uchiha and revealed that Rin and Kakashi were alive, provoking Obito as Minato demanded an explanation for the attack.
• Yuzuru summoned Hakujun, who threatened the Nine-Tails, while Uchiha Hikari used her Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to take the beast into the Kamui Dimension.
• Yuzuru froze and destroyed Obito’s Wood Release, then conjured an ice dragon, an ice giant, and a greatsword that forced Obito to flee.

Yuzuru seized Naruto and Sasuke, persuaded Minato to leave Konoha with him, and declared that he would destroy the ninja profession. He gathered his companions outside the village, then went to the Hyuga Clan and left with baby Hinata and her mother.

• Yuzuru stopped Uchiha Hikari from pursuing Obito, then had her take Naruto and Sasuke while she subdued Minato and Kushina.
• Yuzuru defeated Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, told Minato he could leave the ninja profession to join a peaceful new era, and Minato accepted.
• Yuzuru vanished from Konoha with Minato, leaving his forehead protector behind, and met Hatake Sakumo, Shisui Uchiha, Kushina, and the others outside the village.
• Yuzuru returned to Konoha and asked Hinata's mother to entrust the baby to him; she agreed and asked him to take a letter to Kushina.
• Yuzuru offered to take Hinata's mother with them, and she asked for time to change before leaving with him and Hinata.

Yuzuru brought people from Konoha to the Sea Capital, including Hinata, Mikoto, Sasuke, and more than twenty Uchiha, then explained the city’s government and gave them a week to study its laws and society. He left the newcomers in Kakashi’s care while Mei Terumi teased him about where he planned to rest.

• Yuzuru explained Hinata’s Byakugan lineage to Sakumo and Minato, then agreed to bring Itachi’s mother to the Sea Capital.
• Uchiha Hikari returned with Mikoto, a girl close to Itachi, and more than twenty Uchiha who wanted to live in peace.
• Yuzuru used Sage Mode and the Nine-Tails’ chakra to teleport everyone from Konoha to the Sea Capital.
• Kakashi and Rin reunited with Minato and Kushina, and Kakashi learned that Obito had attacked Minato.
• Yuzuru told the newcomers that he had abolished Kirigakure, killed the daimyo and nobles, and established the Sea Capital under his rule.
• Yuzuru gave everyone documents about the Sea Capital and a week to study its laws and society, then Kakashi led them to their new homes.

Yuzuru offered the Nine-Tails a place among the Sea Capital’s guardian tailed beasts, and Kurama agreed in exchange for a measure of freedom and protection. As former ninja and their families settled into their new homes, Kushina reunited with Mie Uzumaki and began learning about life in the Sea Capital.

• Yuzuru and Uchiha Hikari released the Nine-Tails outside the Sea Capital, where Yuzuru offered him protection and a place among its guardian tailed beasts.
• The Nine-Tails accepted Yuzuru’s offer, and a child from a passing caravan mistook him for a huge fox and threatened to report him to the Military Department.
• Yuzuru visited Kurenai Yuhi’s new home, where Kurenai decided to move in after finding Uchiha Hikari living with him and speaking with Hatake Sakumo.
• Minato and Kushina settled into their new house, and Mie Uzumaki arrived and reunited with Kushina after years apart.
• Mie told Kushina and Minato about her daughter Karin and her work in the medical department, then advised them to ask Kakashi about the Military Department.

Mie urged Kushina to rest after giving birth, while the new arrivals settled into life in the Sea Capital and Kakashi recruited Guy into the Sea Capital Guard. Yuzuru met with the Uchiha, learned about Mikoto’s support-focused Mangekyō abilities, and persuaded her to become his secretary.

• Minato and Mie stopped Kushina from going out to eat and sent her to rest after childbirth and the extraction of the Nine-Tails.
• Kakashi delivered food and money to Karen, then asked Guy to study the Sea Capital Guard documents before they held their promised contest.
• Yuzuru told Shisui and the Uchiha to avoid rivalry with the Chinoike Clan and promised to assign them to a department under the president’s authority.
• Mikoto revealed that grief over being separated from Itachi and Sasuke had awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan, whose eyes could create a protective phantom and transfer chakra to a chosen target.
• Yuzuru asked Mikoto to become his secretary, and she agreed after he assured her she could continue caring for Sasuke and help support the family.

Yuzuru organized the Sea Capital's new government, then secured Mikoto's agreement to become a Jinchūriki and learn Sage Mode. The chapter ended with Mikoto accepting Yuzuru's plans for her despite wishing she could refuse.

• Yuzuru assigned the new officials to their posts and ordered the oversight department to capture spies and White Zetsu infiltrators.
• Mei Terumi became acting president while Mikoto began working as Yuzuru's secretary, and the Sea Capital and Land of Water settled into government operations.
• Shisui Uchiha reported that the oversight department had found four White Zetsu, and Yuzuru ordered one saved for experiments and the others sealed away.
• Yuzuru showed a White Zetsu body to Hakujun, who said a piece of the God Tree would be more useful, and discussed the Ōtsutsuki corpse.
• Yuzuru offered Mikoto the Jinchūriki role in exchange for his future promise to teach Sasuke, and she agreed.
• Yuzuru told Mikoto she would also learn Sage Mode at Ten Thousand Fathom Peak, and she reluctantly agreed after asking whether she could refuse.