Chapter Summaries

Tsunade stopped Jiraiya and Mount Myōboku from taking Naruto, then announced that she would challenge Sarutobi Hiruzen in a Hokage election. The confrontation ended with Tsunade chasing Naruto after he called her an old granny.

• Tsunade's Slug Sage Split Body blocked Jiraiya and the Mount Myōboku sages from taking Naruto, while Konoha's police ninja rushed to support her.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived and scolded Jiraiya for trying to take Naruto away to train him as the Child of Prophecy.
• The police ninja declared their support for Tsunade, who told Sarutobi Hiruzen that clans and ninja would request a new Hokage election in one week and that she would be his sole opponent.
• Naruto and Sasuke realized Tsunade intended to become Hokage, and Naruto joked that she was an old granny who would soon retire.
• Tsunade confronted Naruto over calling her an old granny, but Sasuke covered Naruto's mouth and dragged him away.

Uchiha Chisen and his companions entered a village where Kirigakure Anbu ambushed them using the Hidden Mist and Silent Killing techniques. Chisen remained unharmed and counterattacked with molten heat and wooden spikes, while Izumi and Juzo Biwa defended themselves against their attackers.

• Juzo Biwa and Kijiro sensed signs of danger near a village, but Uchiha Chisen walked openly toward it with his companions following.
• Kirigakure Anbu surrounded the group with the Hidden Mist Technique, and Juzo Biwa warned Izumi and Kijiro about the Silent Killing Technique.
• Karatachi Yagura ordered the Anbu to kill Juzo Biwa and his companions despite their unexpected presence.
• Kirigakure attackers struck Chisen, Izumi, and Juzo Biwa from the mist; Izumi substituted a log, and Juzo blocked the attacks with Kubikiribōchō.
• Chisen caught a scythe barehanded, melted the kunai and chains with his heat, then summoned thorny wooden spikes that impaled several Kirigakure ninja.

Mei Terumi watched as Uchiha Chisen’s Wood Release devastated Kirigakure’s Anbu, while Juzo Biwa exposed the truth about Karatachi Yagura being controlled by Uchiha Obito. Yagura attacked Chisen, but Chisen evaded his strike and countered with a massive magma fist crashing down toward him.

• Mei Terumi saw thornwood spikes trap and kill many of Kirigakure’s Anbu, and Momochi Zabuza realized that Chisen had caused the devastation.
• Karatachi Yagura ordered the surviving Anbu to attack Chisen, and Juzo Biwa warned them that a mastermind was manipulating the Mizukage and exploiting the village.
• Juzo Biwa named Uchiha Obito as the one controlling Yagura, causing several Anbu, including Zabuza, to doubt their Mizukage.
• Yagura denied the accusation and charged Chisen, striking at him with his Coral Rod while tailed beast chakra surged around him.
• Chisen dodged Yagura’s attack, but Yagura and two Anbu blocked his sword slash before Yagura thrust his rod through Chisen’s chest.
• Chisen’s body turned into magma, and a gigantic magma fist descended toward Yagura.

Uchiha Chisen’s giant lava fist devastated the battlefield and scattered the Kirigakure forces. Momochi Zabuza and Juzo Biwa survived with injuries, while Juzo warned that the nearly perfect Three-Tails Jinchuriki, Fourth Mizukage Yagura, might still be alive.

• Uchiha Chisen’s falling lava fist forced the Kirigakure Anbu to flee and overwhelmed their water-style attacks.
• Chisen’s fist struck the ground, creating a vast crater and a shock wave that destroyed nearby houses and injured fleeing ninja.
• Momochi Zabuza struggled to his feet, badly hurt, and realized he had narrowly escaped being killed.
• Izumi told Juzo Biwa that Chisen had controlled his attack to spare them, while Kijiro teased Juzo for taking the shock wave head-on.
• Juzo Biwa warned Izumi that the Fourth Mizukage would not be easy to kill because he was a nearly perfect Three-Tails Jinchuriki.

Uchiha Chisen fought the Three-Tails, Isobu, after Karatachi Yagura unleashed the tailed beast’s power. Chisen’s Lava Style: Great Eruption overwhelmed Isobu’s Water Cannon Jutsu and severed more than half of all three tails, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Juzo Biwa and Uchiha Izumi saw Isobu emerge through the smoke, with Karatachi Yagura fused into the tailed beast and apparently controlled by an outside force.
• Momochi Zabuza stopped a wounded Kirigakure Anbu ninja from rushing to Yagura, arguing that injured fighters would only hinder him.
• Mei Terumi watched the confrontation and held back from supporting Yagura, suspecting something was wrong with him.
• Isobu attacked Uchiha Chisen with a massive Water Cannon Jutsu, but Chisen countered with Lava Style: Great Eruption.
• Isobu tried to block Chisen’s Lava Giant Fist with his three tails, but the attack sheared off more than half of each one and made him roar in pain.

Uchiha Chisen overwhelmed Isobu with Lava Release, piercing the Three-Tails' shell and leaving him in agony. As Juzo Biwa accepted that Karatachi Yagura had supported the Bloody Mist Policy even before Obito controlled him, Ao arrived and learned that the Mizukage was about to be killed.

• Uchiha Chisen broke through Isobu's defenses with a Lava Giant Fist and pierced the Three-Tails' body, while Isobu's frantic rolling failed to threaten him.
• Kijiro explained that Chisen's Lava Release had dried the battlefield and weakened Isobu's Water Style.
• Kijiro challenged Juzo Biwa's pity for Karatachi Yagura by pointing out that Yagura had never tried to reform the Bloody Mist Policy.
• Juzo Biwa concluded that Karatachi Yagura was not innocent and lost his remaining hesitation.
• Ao arrived at the devastated battlefield, and Mei Terumi told him that Chisen was likely about to kill the Mizukage.

Isobu launched a massive Tailed Beast Bomb at Uchiha Chisen, who answered by revealing his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and summoning a lava-armored Perfect Susanoo. The bomb raced toward Susanoo as the chapter ended, before their attacks collided.

• Isobu recovered from Chisen's earlier attack while Karatachi Yagura briefly resisted the Sharingan genjutsu controlling him before falling under it again.
• Isobu spotted Chisen and gathered nearly all his chakra into a gigantic Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Ninja Cat Kijiro warned Uchiha Izumi and Juzo Biwa to flee, then transformed and carried Izumi away at high speed.
• Mei Terumi and Ao watched in alarm as Isobu prepared the attack, and Ao worried about the nearby towns and civilians.
• Chisen revealed his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and summoned a towering, lava-armored Perfect Susanoo with wings and a massive lava blade.
• Isobu fired the fully charged Tailed Beast Bomb at Chisen's Susanoo.

Uchiha Chisen killed Isobu and Fourth Mizukage Karatachi Yagura with a single devastating lava slash, demonstrating his overwhelming power to Kirigakure. As Mei Terumi and Ao confirmed the deaths, Chisen’s gaze turned toward them, leaving Kirigakure’s next choice uncertain.

• Uchiha Chisen split Isobu’s Tailed Beast Bomb, then bisected Isobu and vaporized Karatachi Yagura with his lava slash.
• Uchiha Chisen’s slash cleaved the mountain behind Isobu, burying the Three-Tails’ remains beneath the rubble.
• Kijiro, Juzo Biwa, and Uchiha Izumi concluded that Chisen’s destruction served as a warning, forcing Kirigakure’s ninja to cooperate or face death.
• Ao used his Byakugan to confirm that Karatachi Yagura was dead and Isobu’s chakra was rapidly dissipating.
• Mei Terumi and Ao noticed Uchiha Chisen’s Perfect Susanoo looking directly toward them.

Mei Terumi and Ao confronted Uchiha Chisen after he killed the Fourth Mizukage, fearing Konoha planned to attack Kirigakure. Chisen said he had come to judge whether the village could be saved, explaining that he intended to purge the Bloody Mist’s corruption in the name of absolute justice.

• Mei Terumi decided she and Ao should approach Uchiha Chisen rather than try to flee.
• Mei Terumi and Ao found Juzo Biwa, an Uchiha girl, and a ninja cat standing with Chisen amid the scorched battlefield.
• Chisen told Mei Terumi to take him to Kirigakure and said his actions had nothing to do with Konoha.
• Juzo Biwa condemned the Bloody Mist policy for enabling widespread atrocities across Kirigakure and the Land of Water.
• Juzo Biwa defended killing the Fourth Mizukage, and Chisen confirmed that he had come to help purge Kirigakure of its corruption.
• Mei Terumi asked what Chisen stood to gain, and he said absolute justice was reason enough to act.

Mei Terumi agreed to guide Uchiha Chisen to Kirigakure while warning him she would oppose any attack on her village. Meanwhile, Jiraiya struggled to reach Naruto as the Great Toad Sage negotiated with the Slug Sage and agreed to observe Absolute Justice for a time, before the Slug Sage’s immense true body emerged beneath Shikkotsu Forest.

• Mei Terumi chose to lead Uchiha Chisen to Kirigakure and vowed to stop him if he threatened the village, while Ao held back his objections.
• Momochi Zabuza survived the devastated battlefield, found no sign of Karatachi Yagura, and concluded that the Fourth Mizukage had been killed.
• Jiraiya told Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima that Konoha’s resistance made it impossible to take Uzumaki Naruto to Mount Myōboku.
• The Great Toad Sage visited the Slug Sage in Shikkotsu Forest and argued that Naruto needed Mount Myōboku’s guidance to avert a prophesied catastrophe.
• The Slug Sage urged the Great Toad Sage to observe Absolute Justice, and the Great Toad Sage agreed to wait before acting.
• After the Great Toad Sage departed, the Slug Sage’s avatar merged with the earth, and the Slug Sage’s enormous true body rose beneath Shikkotsu Forest.

Jiraiya learned that the Great Toad Sage had ordered Mount Myōboku to avoid Uchiha Chisen and pause its search for the Child of Prophecy, prompting him to propose a plan involving the Ninja Academy. As Konoha’s Fifth Hokage election neared, Kakashi chose to support Tsunade, while a group including Mei Terumi, Ao, and Juzo Biwa entered Kirigakure and drew the village’s attention.

• Fukasaku and Shima told Jiraiya that the Great Toad Sage wanted Mount Myōboku to avoid conflict with Uchiha Chisen and wait to see what absolute justice would bring.
• Jiraiya proposed using the Ninja Academy as a way to act without disobeying the Great Toad Sage or provoking Tsunade and Chisen.
• A Tsunade-supporting Konoha Chunin urged villagers to back her, arguing that she could work with the Military Police Force and bring stability.
• Tsunade pressed Kakashi to choose a side in the Hokage election, and Kakashi later told Shizune he would support the candidate he believed could improve Konoha.
• Mei Terumi, Ao, Juzo Biwa, and two Konoha visitors entered Kirigakure, where hidden watchers immediately surrounded them.

Uchiha Chisen entered Kirigakure and announced that he had killed the Mizukage, then began executing those he judged responsible for the village’s evil. As Kirigakure’s ninja surrounded him, Mei Terumi sent Ao to find Genma, while Izumi revealed that she could also discern people’s evil and invited Juzo Biwa to pursue that power.

• A Kirigakure jonin questioned Mei Terumi about the Mizukage and the missing Anbu, and Uchiha Chisen declared that he had killed the Mizukage.
• Uchiha Chisen condemned the Bloody Mist’s leaders and profiteers, identified Tetsuzo Tani as a killer, and beheaded him.
• When Tetsuzo Tani’s companions attacked, Uchiha Chisen killed nearly all of them and left one alive after cutting off his arms.
• Mei Terumi warned the hidden Kirigakure ninja not to attack and ordered Ao to find Genma, the only person she believed could command the village.
• Izumi stopped Juzo Biwa from joining the fight and explained that Uchiha Chisen spared the survivor because he could see who was evil.
• Izumi said Uchiha Chisen had given her the power to see evil and told Juzo Biwa he could gain it through sincere devotion to absolute justice.

Uchiha Chisen slaughtered hundreds of Kirigakure ninja who charged at him, then explained to Elder Genji that he intended to purge the village of those he considered villains. The survivors confronted his interference, leaving the conflict over Kirigakure’s future unresolved.

• Uchiha Chisen used his Sharingan to detect and kill a Kirigakure ninja attempting to attack him from behind.
• Chisen fought through the blood-red mist, killing hundreds of Kirigakure ninja while Mei Terumi watched and worried for her comrades.
• Ao arrived too late to stop the slaughter, and Elder Genji ordered the surviving ninja to stop attacking Chisen.
• Genji acknowledged Chisen’s strength and apologized, but Chisen said he meant to cleanse Kirigakure of its villains and condemn its Blood Mist policies.
• A Kirigakure ninja challenged Chisen’s right to interfere and declared that Kirigakure had no need for justice.

Uchiha Chisen rejected Kirigakure's defense of the Bloody Mist Policy and declared that he would impose absolute justice on the Land of Water. After killing Mizuno Hideki and giving the Kirigakure ninja a chance to withdraw, he faced a mass attack and unleashed Deep Forest Emergence.

• Mizuno Hideki defended the Bloody Mist Policy and denounced Uchiha Chisen for interfering in Kirigakure's affairs.
• Uchiha Chisen challenged Mizuno Hideki's reasoning, then killed him with a magma-covered arm after he proudly affirmed his support for the policy.
• Uchiha Chisen declared unconditional supporters of the Bloody Mist Policy enemies of absolute justice and gave the crowd three seconds to leave.
• Some Kirigakure ninja lowered their weapons and retreated, while others charged Uchiha Chisen when his countdown ended.
• Uchiha Chisen unleashed Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence as the Kirigakure ninja's attacks converged on him.

Uchiha Chisen unleashed Wood Style across Kirigakure, trapping and crushing the attacking shinobi in a vast forest. The surviving onlookers were left terrified by his power, and Ao concluded that Konoha’s Third Hokage could not command someone like him.

• Uchiha Chisen’s Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence tore through Kirigakure, shattered the enemy formation, and resisted the shinobi’s Water Style attacks and explosives.
• Mei Terumi, Ao, and Genji watched in shock as the forest overwhelmed the Kirigakure force; Genji compared Chisen’s power to Hashirama Senju’s.
• Trapped shinobi repeatedly tried to blast escape routes, but new trunks closed each breach and crushed them as the forest contracted.
• Uchiha Chisen tightened the trees into a massive wooden sphere, and the screams from within fell silent.
• Mei Terumi feared Chisen might rival Hashirama Senju, while Ao said Konoha’s Third Hokage could not possibly command a monster like him.

Momochi Zabuza returned to Kirigakure and discovered that Uchiha Chisen had devastated the village, killing thousands of ninja. After Juzo Biwa explained that the dead had supported the Bloody Mist Policy and rejected chances to abandon it, Zabuza realized he agreed with Chisen’s purge.

• Momochi Zabuza dragged himself into Kirigakure and saw a vast wooden sphere surrounded by blood and destruction.
• Momochi Zabuza found Juzo Biwa among the devastated ground and asked what had happened to the village.
• Juzo Biwa estimated that two or three thousand Kirigakure ninja had died in Uchiha Chisen’s attack.
• Juzo Biwa explained that Chisen had killed supporters of the Bloody Mist Policy after they refused chances to dismantle it.
• Momochi Zabuza concluded that the stubborn supporters deserved to die and learned that only a few might have escaped the purge.

Juzo Biwa killed Momochi Zabuza after Zabuza refused to flee or surrender. Uchiha Chisen questioned Mei Terumi about whether Kirigakure’s evil had ended, and she identified powerful profiteers, merchants, nobles, and the Daimyo as the remaining targets.

• Juzo Biwa warned Momochi Zabuza that Uchiha Chisen would view him as a villain because of his past deeds as Kirigakure’s Anbu.
• Momochi Zabuza declared that he had no reason to live after the Fourth Mizukage’s death and the collapse of the Bloody Mist Policy, then challenged Juzo Biwa to kill him.
• Juzo Biwa swiftly struck Momochi Zabuza down, and Zabuza died as his blood was absorbed by the Kubikiribōchō.
• Genji asked Uchiha Chisen to stop the killing, but Chisen questioned whether evil in Kirigakure and the Land of Water had truly been eradicated.
• Mei Terumi answered that powerful people who profited from the Bloody Mist Policy and exploited the chaos—including merchants, nobles, and the Daimyo—remained.

Mei Terumi agreed to have Kirigakure enforce Uchiha Chisen’s absolute justice in the Land of Water, hoping to prevent greater resistance and civilian deaths. She accepted that Kirigakure would be reviled as an accomplice rather than let Chisen carry out the purge alone.

• Genji warned Uchiha Chisen not to target the Land of Water’s merchants, nobles, and Daimyo, while Chisen challenged him over their power to stand above the law.
• Mei Terumi tried to explain that the Land of Water’s circumstances differed from those of the Land of Fire, and Chisen demanded that Kirigakure prove it could enforce absolute justice.
• When Genji and Ao balked at targeting the village’s backers, Chisen said he would act himself and started toward Kirigakure’s outskirts.
• Mei Terumi asked Chisen to leave enforcement to Kirigakure, arguing that it could reduce resistance and spare people who did not deserve to die.
• Mei Terumi vowed that Kirigakure would show no mercy to evildoers who violated absolute justice, accepting the village’s role as an accomplice to prevent more deaths.

Uchiha Chisen summoned Katsuyu to monitor Mei Terumi as she took responsibility for enforcing Absolute Justice in the Land of Water. Mei and Ao went to gather Kirigakure ninja, while Chisen acknowledged Genji’s efforts to atone for his past.

• Uchiha Chisen summoned a colossal Katsuyu and asked her to oversee Mei Terumi’s enforcement of Absolute Justice.
• Chisen ordered Katsuyu to split into small slugs so Kirigakure ninja could carry them as witnesses and observers.
• Katsuyu divided into hundreds of slugs, and three climbed onto the shoulders of Genji, Mei Terumi, and Ao.
• Genji explained that every little slug was one of Katsuyu’s clones, and Katsuyu confirmed that the clones could speak.
• Chisen ordered Mei to gather Kirigakure ninja capable of enforcing justice, and Mei left with Ao to carry out his command.
• Genji invited Chisen to his home, but Chisen declined and recognized that Genji had made restitution for his past crimes.

Genji left Uchiha Chisen to handle the Land of Water’s future, and Chisen asked Juzo Biwa for his ideas on establishing absolute justice. After Juzo proposed killing potential criminals, Chisen assigned him to work with Uchiha Izumi and Kijiro, beginning with a trial run in a town.

• Genji told Chisen he was too old to remain involved and left, worried about Kirigakure’s weakened state and Mei Terumi’s ability to govern.
• Izumi asked whether Chisen could trust Kirigakure to manage the Land of Water, and Chisen asked Juzo what he thought its future should be.
• Juzo suggested killing those responsible for evil, while Kijiro argued that the roots of evil had to be removed to prevent new sinners from emerging.
• Juzo vowed to kill anyone who might commit evil, but Chisen warned him against going too far and told Izumi to identify targets for him.
• Chisen assigned Izumi, Juzo, and Kijiro to sever the chain of evil, starting with a trial run in a town.