Chapter Summaries

Pain’s faction debated splitting from Obito’s side after Yakushi Kabuto’s actions exposed growing divisions within the Akatsuki Organization. As Obito questioned Black Zetsu about Madara’s contingency plans, Otsutsuki Toneri broke into the base to claim the Great Tenseigan, forcing Black Zetsu to turn back.

• Sasori objected to Yakushi Kabuto’s use of Ōnoki’s corpse, and Pain confirmed that Kabuto belonged to Obito’s side of the Akatsuki Organization.
• Kakuzu proposed splitting from Obito, but Pain insisted that White Zetsu’s intelligence was too valuable and said he would speak with Obito.
• Obito questioned Black Zetsu about Madara’s plans for Impure World Reincarnation, and Black Zetsu explained that it had been a fallback in case Obito and Pain failed.
• Otsutsuki Toneri sensed the Great Tenseigan beneath the Akatsuki base and pierced into it with the Tenseigan’s power, intending to take it and marry the Hyuga Princess.
• Black Zetsu learned that someone had entered the base and ordered Obito to turn back toward the Land of Rain.

Otsutsuki Toneri reached the Great Tenseigan, learned about Uchiha Chisen and Kimimaro, and activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode. Obito and Black Zetsu arrived to confront him, and Toneri identified them as descendants of Hagoromo and Madara’s will.

• Black Zetsu sensed a powerful stranger near the Great Tenseigan and warned Obito, who feared the intruder might rival Pain.
• Obito and Black Zetsu hurried to recover the Great Tenseigan and preserve its power for Kimimaro.
• Toneri touched the Great Tenseigan, saw its memories of Obito, Black Zetsu, Kimimaro, and Uchiha Chisen, and activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode despite having no eyes.
• Toneri considered finding Kimimaro to obtain his Byakugan and strengthen himself before trying to take Hinata from Konoha.
• Obito and Black Zetsu arrived and discovered Toneri in Tenseigan Chakra Mode; Toneri recognized Obito as Hagoromo’s descendant and demanded that Black Zetsu address Hamura as an ancestor.
• Black Zetsu concealed his hostility toward Hamura’s descendants and reluctantly called him Ancestor Hamura.

Otsutsuki Toneri confronted Black Zetsu and Obito over the Great Tenseigan and explained his plan to destroy the Shinobi World before creating a peaceful one. Black Zetsu saw a chance to recruit and exploit Toneri, and Toneri began considering his offer.

• Otsutsuki Toneri said the Great Tenseigan belonged to his branch and announced that he would take it.
• Otsutsuki Toneri explained that he planned to destroy the Shinobi World and create a world without war or hatred, following what he believed were Ancestor Hamura's wishes.
• Black Zetsu questioned Toneri about his plan and learned that Toneri believed the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon was meant to emerge when the Shinobi World fell into chaos.
• Black Zetsu invoked Ancestor Hagoromo and Ancestor Hamura and offered the Uchiha Clan's help, while secretly considering Toneri as a vessel for Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Otsutsuki Toneri found Black Zetsu's proposal tempting and considered letting Hamura's descendants help him rebuild the Shinobi World.

As the Three-Nation Earth, Wind, and Lightning Alliance swelled to thirty thousand troops and threatened the Land of Fire, Uchiha Chisen insisted on facing it alone. He also addressed Konoha’s plans for the Land of Grass, brought Karin Uzumaki back to the village, and revealed the truth about Akatsuki’s leader to Tsunade.

• Tsunade told Uchiha Chisen that the Three-Nation Earth, Wind, and Lightning Alliance had grown to thirty thousand and was preparing to invade the Land of Fire, and he said he would face it alone.
• Uchiha Chisen agreed that the Police Force should be stationed in the Land of Grass to prevent its old violent ways from returning.
• Uchiha Chisen told Tsunade that Karin Uzumaki had returned with him and could enroll in the Ninja Academy.
• Tsunade said Neji had graduated early and planned to join Konoha’s Special Mobile Force, but Uchiha Chisen refused its help and insisted on defeating the allied forces alone.
• Tsunade reported that Jiraiya believed Yahiko had founded Akatsuki and wanted to investigate the Land of Rain, but two toads had stopped him.
• Uchiha Chisen revealed that Yahiko was dead and that Nagato had used the Rinnegan to turn him into a puppet.

Uchiha Chisen told Tsunade how Yahiko died and why he was delaying a fight with the Akatsuki until he mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique. Meanwhile, the daimyo of the Lands of Earth, Wind, and Lightning built a nine-nation alliance and set a one-month deadline before invading the Land of Fire.

• Tsunade learned that Hanzo of the Salamander and Shimura Danzō had conspired in Yahiko’s death, after which Nagato took control of Amegakure.
• Uchiha Chisen explained that he wanted to master the Flying Thunder God Technique before facing Obito and the Akatsuki Organization.
• Tsunade departed for the Land of Earth with Shizune and Mitaraishi Anko to attend the Five Kage Summit.
• The daimyo of the Lands of Earth, Wind, and Lightning reported that nine nations had joined their alliance and that they had assembled thirty thousand ninja, mostly genin.
• The three daimyo agreed to supply the allied force with ninjutsu and ordered it to march on the Land of Fire in one month, aiming to kill Uchiha Chisen and seize territory.

Black Zetsu and Obito secured Kimimaro’s Byakugan for Otsutsuki Toneri, but Kimimaro’s willing sacrifice drove him away from their group and left Black Zetsu worried about losing a useful ally. Toneri began evolving his eyes into a Tenseigan, while Hinata sensed the Great Tenseigan moving toward the moon.

• Uzumaki White Zetsu relayed the Daimyo’s plans to Black Zetsu as Black Zetsu and Obito approached Kimimaro and Hozuki Gengetsu to obtain Kimimaro’s eyes for Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Black Zetsu offered Kimimaro Sharingan in exchange, but Kimimaro gouged out his own eyes and gave them to Toneri as payment for treating his bloodline disease.
• Kimimaro told Hozuki Gengetsu he would leave the organization, and Gengetsu followed him away after glaring at Black Zetsu, Obito, and Toneri.
• Black Zetsu regretted alienating Kimimaro, while Obito said he would send Yakushi Kabuto a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Toneri implanted Kimimaro’s Byakugan, released a puppet, and flew off to evolve his eyes into a Tenseigan.
• Hinata sensed that the Great Tenseigan was moving and wondered whether it was heading toward the moon.

Yakushi Kabuto learned that Black Zetsu and Obito had taken Kimimaro’s Byakugan and used Tenseigan chakra to improve his illness. Kabuto replaced Kimimaro’s eyes and prepared to confront Black Zetsu, seeking more White Zetsu to study, while Black Zetsu and Obito worried that Otsutsuki Toneri had used them.

• Hozuki Gengetsu brought Kimimaro to Yakushi Kabuto, who learned that Black Zetsu and Obito had taken Kimimaro’s Byakugan after exposing him to Tenseigan chakra.
• Kimimaro told Yakushi Kabuto that the Tenseigan was a sage eye with destructive power and that the man who took his eyes had an atavistic bloodline like his own.
• Yakushi Kabuto implanted new eyes into Kimimaro and decided to stop cooperating with Black Zetsu unless he received a suitable price.
• Yakushi Kabuto refused Jūgo’s offer to join him and planned to test Black Zetsu and Obito while demanding more White Zetsu for his experiments.
• Obito and Black Zetsu worried that Otsutsuki Toneri had used them and left, while Black Zetsu suggested Toneri had been in a hurry to awaken his Tenseigan.

Tsunade and Uchiha Chisen agreed to keep Konoha’s daily routines steady while strengthening border security ahead of the allied armies’ planned invasion. Chisen remained confident that he would rout the enemy, while Konoha’s ninja continued training without knowing when he would act.

• Shizune, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu confirmed that allied forces from the Lands of Earth, Wind, and Lightning planned to invade the Land of Fire in one month.
• Uchiha Chisen advised Tsunade to preserve village routines, strengthen border patrols and intelligence, and avoid a conspicuous mass mobilization; Tsunade accepted his plan with conditions.
• Chisen left the Hokage’s Office for the training ground, and Tsunade suspected he was already planning when to strike.
• Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee trained at the Third Training Ground as Konoha discreetly increased patrols and surveillance.
• Chisen confirmed the invasion news to the trainees and told Rock Lee to focus on training rather than seek the battlefield before he was ready.
• Neji concluded that Chisen’s confidence came from not considering the allied army a threat, then returned to training with Tenten and Rock Lee.

Yakushi Kabuto researched White Zetsu as a medium for creating stable specimens and Impure World Reincarnation sacrifices while Kimimaro recovered and predicted conflict between Toneri and Black Zetsu. In Konoha, Kakashi began extra training for Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin as the allied forces approached, while Kabuto discovered his latest White Zetsu sample was losing viability too quickly.

• Yakushi Kabuto told Jūgo that White Zetsu could accept foreign cells and tissue fluid with little rejection, and he began exploring how to cultivate them as stable specimens and sacrifices.
• Kimimaro woke with his new eyes and predicted that Toneri would eventually clash with Black Zetsu and Obito; Kabuto decided to keep researching and wait for a chance to settle accounts with Black Zetsu.
• At the Ninja Academy, Iruka urged the students to focus on their studies and training despite the allied forces, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin bickered after class.
• Kakashi told Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin they were still too weak and started them on extra training because of the worsening situation.
• After more time passed, Kabuto examined a fresh White Zetsu tissue sample and noticed that it was losing viability unusually quickly.

Kabuto suspected that the White Zetsu were connected to a central organism and considered pursuing Black Zetsu for answers. Meanwhile, Chisen persuaded Tsunade to authorize a covert preemptive strike against the allied army, scheduled to depart in three days.

• Kabuto, Jūgo, and Kimimaro discussed the White Zetsu losing viability, and Kabuto suspected a central source regulated them.
• Kimimaro offered to accompany Kabuto to see Black Zetsu, but Kabuto told him to recover first.
• As the allied army assembled, Konoha increased its training, patrols, and preparations without panicking.
• Chisen told Tsunade he planned to strike the allied army’s assembly lines, supply routes, and relay bases before they advanced.
• Tsunade approved Chisen’s covert operation and ordered him to provide a roster and full battle plan, while warning him not to abandon anyone.
• Chisen said the force would depart in three days, and Tsunade recognized that he also wanted the operation to demonstrate that the Shinobi World could not stop Absolute Justice by sheer numbers.

Uchiha Chisen led Kakashi and a Konoha team to infiltrate an allied army supply depot and plant Explosive Tags throughout its warehouses. When patrols noticed them, the team abandoned stealth, and the depot guards sounded the alarm as the tags began to activate.

• Chisen identified the valley depot as a crucial supply point and assigned Neji, Shino, Kiba, Shikamaru, Kakashi, and Tenzo their roles in the raid.
• Neji and Shino confirmed the warehouse contents and guard positions, and Chisen chose to destroy the supplies with Explosive Tags.
• Kakashi, Tenzo, and Chisen silently took out guards while Tenzo, Raidō, and Genma planted Explosive Tags around the warehouses.
• Kiba reported that a patrol had doubled back, and Shikamaru warned that the mobile unit was moving early.
• Chisen decided to stop hiding, and a scream alerted the guards as the Explosive Tags began to ignite across the depot.

Chisen led a Konoha raid that destroyed a major granary belonging to the Three Nations Allied Forces, then ordered his team to scatter and withdraw as enemy reinforcements pursued them. The chapter ended with Chisen facing a hesitant group of pursuers after killing several of them one by one.

• Kakashi and the Konoha team detonated the Main Grain Warehouse and West Warehouse while Shikamaru and Kiba blocked defenders from sending word.
• Chisen waited for the enemy to launch a signal flare, then ordered the Konoha ninja to withdraw along separate routes as Tenzo blocked pursuers with a Wood Style wall.
• Chisen drove back a Sunagakure jonin with Majestic Destroyer Flame, while allied forces discovered the granary's destruction and ordered a large-scale pursuit.
• Kakashi escaped pursuers by leading them into explosive tags, and Shikamaru and Kiba trapped and defeated three more enemies.
• Chisen killed three allied jonin who tried to surround him, leaving the remaining pursuers afraid to attack together.

Chisen and the Konoha team destroyed a major supply complex behind the allied forces, forcing the three daimyo to postpone their planned invasion as panic spread through their camps. After completing their mission and escaping pursuit, the team returned toward Konoha, where Anbu confirmed the village had heard about the fires.

• Chisen used a powerful attack to drive off the pursuing Lightning Release ninja, then vanished into the forest.
• Chisen regrouped with Kakashi, Shikamaru, Kiba, Akamaru, Shino, Neji, Tenzo, Genma, and Raidō, and told them the destroyed granary was only the first target.
• The three daimyo postponed their attack on the Land of Fire after learning the granary complex and its food, medicine, and equipment had been destroyed.
• Rumors of the attack and the delayed advance unsettled the allied forces and the hired troops from smaller nations.
• Chisen led the team along a planned route back toward Konoha, where Anbu met them and confirmed the Hokage had received word of the fires.

After returning to Konoha, Chisen told Tsunade that the raid on an allied supply depot was only the opening move and proposed a new attack method using linked Explosive Tags. He left the village team to rest until the afternoon while Kakashi stayed behind to help find puppet-construction expertise.

• Chisen and his team returned to Konoha after destroying the allied forces' supply depot, and Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane recognized them at the gate.
• Shizune escorted the team to Tsunade, where Chisen reported the depot's destruction and said the enemy had failed to catch them.
• Chisen explained that he wanted to attack the allied forces' hastily reorganized supply points and transit routes, and asked the Intelligence Division to track their movements.
• Chisen sent Kiba, Shikamaru, Neji, Shino, and Tenzo to rest until the afternoon, while Tsunade asked Kakashi to remain for a private discussion.
• Chisen proposed connecting Explosive Tags with Chakra Threads to create layered chain explosions, and Tsunade called for help from the Sealing Squad, the Ninja Tools Unit, and someone familiar with puppet construction.
• Kakashi suggested searching for copies of Kankuro's blueprints or Sand Hidden Mechanisms seized on past missions.

Chisen led Konoha’s specialists in developing linked Explosive Tags to delay the Allied Forces, and their first field test successfully produced a chain of blasts. The chapter ended with Chisen calling for the team to test a more complex arrangement.

• Chisen explained to Tsunade and the others that the linked explosives could target enemy routes and troop gatherings, buying Konoha time before the Three Daimyo’s forces returned.
• Tsunade summoned the Sealing Squad, the Ninja Tools Unit, and the Intelligence Division, and Chisen guided them in refining the design and planning safety measures.
• The specialists prepared a high-risk testing site outside Konoha, while Shikamaru, Kiba, Neji, Shino, and Tenzo observed the setup.
• Chisen chose a five-tag test array, and a young researcher activated it under the team’s supervision.
• The five tags detonated in sequence, damaging the stone slab and confirming that the connected array worked.
• Chisen ordered the team to test the second, more complex arrangement.

Chisen’s team successfully tested a linked explosive-tag design, named Chain Explosive Tags, while planning further stability tests and possible field use. At the allied forces’ command camp, Helian proposed sweeping supply and security changes after Konoha’s raid, and the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning agreed to set a renewed advance on the Land of Fire for one month later.

• Chisen’s third linked-blast test destroyed part of a stone slab and dirt slope, proving the structure worked but prompting Shizune to demand stability tests before any increase in scale.
• Chisen ordered the team to record the test results, discussed where the devices could be planted with Shikamaru and the others, and settled on the name Chain Explosive Tags.
• At the allied forces’ command meeting, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning and envoys blamed one another for the destruction of major supply depots until Helian stopped the argument.
• Helian proposed dividing reserve supplies among forward units, replacing large depots with smaller dispersed ones, and cutting rations for mixed contingents and smaller nations’ forces.
• After the Land of Wind’s frontline commander reported unrest and possible desertions, Helian called for a fixed advance date and stronger supply-route security, threatening troublemakers with execution.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning agreed to announce that the allied forces would advance on the Land of Fire again in one month.

Helian secured a one-month delay for the allied forces and ordered preparations for an ambush, while Konoha learned that the enemy planned to seize Osmanthus Village as a foothold. Chisen proposed evacuating its residents and letting the allied forces enter before triggering remotely detonated tags and explosives.

• Helian persuaded the three daimyo to delay their advance for one month and ordered their forces to reorganize supplies, create decoy depots, and stay under control.
• Chisen and the Konoha team learned that the allied forces had set a new timetable, so they decided to use the month to prepare their explosive devices rather than strike immediately.
• An intelligence report revealed that allied advance teams might reach Osmanthus Village in seven to ten days to establish a foothold inside the Land of Fire.
• Chisen ordered Konoha to gather the village's records and plans, then proposed evacuating the villagers and leaving the village for the enemy to occupy.
• Chisen revealed that he planned to rig Osmanthus Village with remotely detonated tags and explosives, prompting Tsunade to question the plan's power.

Chisen led a Konoha team to Osmanthus Village to evacuate its residents before a coalition advance and prepare explosives to blunt the enemy’s entry. He secured the village chief’s cooperation and began organizing the evacuation, leaving the villagers frightened but starting to gather their belongings.

• Chisen explained that the team would evacuate Osmanthus Village and rig its empty houses and streets to disrupt the coalition’s vanguard, and Tsunade authorized the plan and resettlement funds.
• Shikamaru, Kakashi, Tenzo, Shizune, Anbu, and specialists from the Ninja Tools Unit and Sealing Squad left Konoha with evacuation supplies and explosives.
• On the journey, Chisen told Shizune that even a small enemy scouting party would be enough to trigger the trap and damage the coalition’s pride.
• Chisen and Shizune warned the village chief that the coalition might arrive within days, offered compensation, and asked him to wake the village.
• When villagers protested the sudden evacuation, Chisen warned that those who stayed would receive no aid and gave them one hour to leave; the crowd fell silent.

Chisen and the Konoha team evacuated Osmanthus Village and planted layered explosives to ambush the allied forces expected to enter it. After withdrawing to a concealed western slope, they waited in the dark for the enemy to arrive.

• Shizune and the village chief organized the evacuation while Chisen, Kakashi, Shikamaru, and Tenzo planned and planted concealed charges throughout the village.
• The Konoha team left obvious false traps near the entrance and buried heavier explosives at wells, courtyards, alleys, and roof beams.
• Neji arrived at dusk and used his Byakugan to locate the charges and confirm he could watch the village from the western slope.
• The last villagers departed, and the team withdrew to cover on the slope behind the woods.
• Shizune asked whether the allied forces would come, and Kakashi and Shikamaru expected them to enter because the village was convenient and they were desperate to save face.

Chisen and his allies detonated a series of hidden charges in Osmanthus Village, badly damaging an Allied Forces advance squad. As more enemy forces encircled the village and their higher-ups arrived, Chisen ordered half his people to retreat northwest to draw some of the enemy out.

• Neji detected seven Allied Forces scouts watching Osmanthus Village, and they withdrew without entering.
• A larger scout group entered the village and inspected its houses, alleys, and well while Chisen waited for them to advance deeper.
• Chisen triggered hidden charges across the village, killing two scouts and leaving several others wounded as the squad retreated.
• More Allied Forces arrived, surrounded Osmanthus Village, and were joined by higher-ranking troops.
• Chisen ordered half his people to retreat northwest while observers stayed behind, intending to draw some of the enemy out.