Chapter Summaries

The Chunin Exam concluded after Uchiha Run copied Obito’s embarrassing secret technique and was stopped before the incident could worsen. Enogu celebrated her promotion with friends and family, while the visiting villages prepared their own festivities.

• Obito watched Uchiha Run face Yugito’s student and panicked when Run announced he would inherit his teacher’s will and defeat every enemy.
• Run fought the Cloud Shinobi girl using Obito’s secret technique, but Obito, Asuma, and Kakashi intervened and declared Run defeated.
• Obito told Run not to use the technique again because he did not want his student to spend his future wearing a mask.
• The Fourth Hokage announced the Chunin Exam’s successful conclusion, and Nen, Fuyou, Nonō, and Kabuto congratulated Enogu on becoming a Chunin.
• Fuyou invited Enogu and Fugaku to celebrate, while Suikazan Fuguki arranged a dinner for Kirigakure’s younger ninjas and left to handle other matters.

Hanabi Hyuga got drunk while lamenting that she could not return to her own time, and Fuyou took her home after casting a Genjutsu on her. Izumi and Itachi watched them leave, while Kabuto concluded that Fuyou was being unfaithful.

• Hanabi Hyuga brought Fuyou to a yakitori stall and drank to celebrate her students' promotion to Chunin.
• Hanabi Hyuga asked whether she could return to her own time and worried that her family might be gone or fail to recognize her.
• Hanabi Hyuga blamed Fuyou for throwing Explosive Tags and pressed him to drink with her.
• Fuyou cast a Genjutsu on Hanabi Hyuga when she leaned toward him, then carried her home as onlookers watched.
• Izumi and Itachi secretly observed Fuyou taking Hanabi Hyuga home, and Kabuto accused Fuyou of being a scumbag.

Obito apologized to Yugito Nii, who invited him to visit Kumogakure, while Asuma and the others secretly watched and were caught. Meanwhile, Roshi and Juzo Biwa encountered Suikazan Fuguki, who greeted Juzo and offered a drink.

• Asuma and the others used his new phone to secretly watch Obito and Yugito Nii talk.
• Obito apologized to Yugito Nii for Jun's actions, and she invited him to visit Kumogakure before leaving.
• Asuma and the others confronted Obito after he failed to offer to escort Yugito Nii, then fled when he formed hand seals.
• Might Guy left Asuma behind with a promise to visit him in the hospital, and Obito attacked Asuma.
• Roshi and Juzo Biwa noticed Suikazan Fuguki waiting ahead and prepared for a confrontation.
• Suikazan Fuguki said he meant no harm, greeted Juzo Biwa, and offered him a drink.

Fuyou learned that Hanabi had taken Enogu on an investigation mission and planned to attend Kumogakure’s upcoming ninja race with Suzune and their friends. On the drive back to the Land of Rain, Roshi encouraged Juzo Biwa to find a purpose, and Juzo decided to learn to drive and enter the race.

• Fuyou asked Suzune where Enogu was, and she explained that Hanabi had taken him on an investigation mission.
• Fuyou invited Suzune to join him, Kana, and the others at the ninja racing competition in Kumogakure.
• Roshi told Juzo Biwa that Suikazan Fuguki had agreed to have Kirigakure revoke Juzo’s arrest warrant and encouraged him to build their business together.
• Juzo Biwa admitted he still felt frustrated, but Roshi reminded him that they were doing well and that the red-haired former prisoner might not get out.
• Juzo Biwa decided to learn to drive and enter the Kumogakure race, and he and Roshi laughed about putting their factory’s logo on his car.

As the ninja villages prospered through new businesses, Ōnoki worried that Iwagakure was falling behind and ordered the village to prepare for war and seek allies. The chapter ended with an unknown green-eyed man accepting a ten-million offer while working on his car.

• Konoha returned to normal after the Chunin Exam as villages prepared for the upcoming Ninja Racing Competition.
• Ōnoki reviewed intelligence and saw that Sunagakure and the other villages had gained wealth while Iwagakure struggled financially.
• Iwagakure's elders questioned whether they should work with Fuyou Group, but Ōnoki rejected that plan and proposed seeking allies.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to enter war preparations to stop the other villages from growing stronger.
• An unknown green-eyed man modified his car and said he would take ten million.

Uchiha Fugaku learned that suspected street racers, including Kakashi Hatake and the Third Hokage, planned to move their illegal races to the mountain behind Hokage Rock. He ordered the Konoha Military Police Force to begin an operation before the race started that night.

• A Konoha Military Police Force member reported that racers were disturbing residents with illegal street races and evading patrols using ninja lookouts.
• The investigators identified Kakashi Hatake as a prime suspect and displayed portraits of the Third Hokage and another silver-haired racer.
• A police force member reported that the racers had discovered the investigation and planned to race on the mountain behind Hokage Rock after 22:00.
• Uchiha Fugaku checked the time and ordered the operation to begin.

Fuyou and Suzune watched a crowded race on Hokage Rock, where Jiraiya and the Third Hokage were among the participants. As the race began, Fuyou received a call from the Konoha Military Police Force and denied being there before hanging up.

• Fuyou and Suzune joined the crowd gathered to watch the race on Hokage Rock and saw Mizuki arrive in his blue racing car.
• Jiraiya told Fuyou he had entered the race, and Fuyou noticed the Third Hokage among the racers wearing Root Studio gear.
• The racers set off as the crowd cheered, while Minato appeared beside Fuyou in disguise and watched with a glow stick.
• Fuyou answered a call from the Konoha Military Police Force, guessed the caller was Fugaku, denied being at Hokage Rock, and hung up.

Uchiha Fugaku launched a Konoha Military Police Force operation to catch the racers after Fuyou secretly sent him their route. Minato and Kushina escaped before the trap closed, and Fugaku received a warning that there was a mole just as the racers approached.

• Fugaku ordered the Konoha Military Police Force to prepare to arrest the racers as soon as Fuyou sent their route map.
• Fuyou sent Fugaku a photo of the race screen, though he knew Minato and Kushina were about to flee.
• Minato told Kushina that the Konoha Military Police Force had found them and said they should go home, promising that racing would soon be permitted legally.
• Fugaku's forces set up obstacles along the course and waited for the racers to arrive.
• Fugaku received a call from inside the Military Police Force warning him that there was a mole.

The Konoha Military Police Force discovered that the racers had been tipped off and pursued them through a dangerous mountain route. Kakashi Hatake stayed ahead as the others stopped or escaped by summoning help, while Uchiha Fugaku used Susanoo to chase him.

• Shiranui Genma received a warning that the Konoha Military Police Force had discovered them and ordered the group to change routes and flee.
• Kakashi Hatake accelerated his specially modified silver car to escape, while Uchiha Fugaku ordered the force to pursue the racers despite suspecting a mole.
• The racers changed course toward Death Curve, where the police caught some drivers and others surrendered, while summoned beasts carried two cars away.
• Kakashi Hatake raced ahead alone as the Konoha Military Police Force fell behind, but Uchiha Fugaku armored his car with Susanoo and continued the chase.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Kakashi Hatake that he would not escape.

Uchiha Fugaku pursued Kakashi’s silver race car in a black, armored Konoha Military Police Force vehicle, turning the race into a desperate attempt to arrest him. As Fugaku’s car smoked from its extreme acceleration, it caught up and forced the silver car to stop, leaving the crowd cheering for the Konoha Military Police Force.

• Fuyou and the crowd watched as Fugaku’s black armored patrol car continued chasing Kakashi’s silver car, while shinobi with cameras followed the race.
• Kakashi used his chakra jet to accelerate, but Fugaku tracked him with his Sharingan and resolved not to let the criminals escape.
• Fugaku intensified his pursuit until smoke poured from his car, alarming Fuyou and the spectators.
• The Konoha Military Police Force car closed the gap as the crowd and police officers shouted encouragement for Fugaku.
• Fugaku caught up to Kakashi’s silver car and forced it to stop, prompting the crowd to celebrate the Konoha Military Police Force’s victory.

Konoha’s private race ended with Fugaku arresting Kakashi and the other street racers, while news of the event prompted Kumogakure to reconsider the Ninja Racing Competition rules. In the Land of Rain, Juzo Biwa showed Roshi his improved driving skills.

• Kakashi slowed down rather than reveal his racing secrets, but Fugaku handcuffed him and arrested him.
• The Konoha Military Police Force celebrated its sweep of the street racers as the racers fled the scene.
• Fuyou asked Suzune to send the race footage to Kumogakure so the competition rules could be reviewed.
• News of the arrests and Fugaku’s driving skills spread online, and Kumogakure convened a meeting to renegotiate the rules.
• Juzo performed a precise drift and automatic parking maneuver in the Land of Rain, and Roshi praised his improvement.

Juzo Biwa, Konan, and Konoha’s racers prepared for the approaching Ninja Racing Competition as Kumogakure introduced new restrictions. Kakashi remained in prison, where he developed a new racing technique while waiting to be released.

• Roshi told Juzo Biwa that Kumogakure had revised the competition rules to ban certain ninjutsu, but Juzo dismissed the restrictions and went back to practicing.
• Nagato told Konan that the new rules prohibited flying for more than ten seconds, so she could no longer rely on flying to win; Konan said she had a secret weapon.
• Nagato headed to the prison and asked Konan to remind the red-haired prisoner to finish modifying his car.
• Shiranui Genma told Kakashi that Obito had escaped and Asuma was recovering in the hospital, then confirmed Kakashi’s car had been returned.
• Kakashi told Shiranui Genma he had devised a technique called Double Boost while in prison.

Fuyou learned that the Great Elder and Elder Baihua were leaving on a trip and was left to manage the Uchiha clan with Fugaku. As the Ninja Racing Competition began, racers headed for Kumogakure while a pale man in a cave discovered something interesting in a note.

• Minato denied carrying a video camera on the night of the Hokage Rock incident and said Fugaku had initiated the Military Police Force reforms.
• The Great Elder arrived in his SUV, picked up Elder Baihua, and told Fuyou to manage the Uchiha clan with Fugaku while they traveled.
• Fuyou returned home to find Enogu and Hanabi there.
• Racers from every ninja village set out for Kumogakure as the Ninja Racing Competition approached.
• A pale man in a cave read a note, called its contents interesting, and burned it to ashes.

Fuyou watched Kumogakure’s Ninja Racing Competition with his friends and several prominent guests, including Hanzo of the Salamander, as the racers assembled. When he spotted an Otogakure team among the competitors, he wondered whether Orochimaru had come too.

• Fuyou and his group settled into Kumogakure and attended the Ninja Racing Competition with Hanzo of the Salamander, Fugaku’s family, and Minato’s family.
• Hanzo of the Salamander explained that his business was thriving and that he had sponsored the Land of Rain’s racing team.
• Fuyou learned that Konan had entered the competition with a salamander-themed car after Hanzo paid her two hundred million for the advertisement.
• Kumogakure’s Raikage officially opened the competition, and the racers from each village entered the field.
• Fuyou spotted an Otogakure team and wondered whether Orochimaru had come to compete.

Fuyou suspected that Otogakure had come to the Ninja Racing Competition for reasons beyond racing, but found no sign of a threat. After Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed her family’s land, the racers took their positions and the competition began.

• Fuyou questioned why Minato knew about Otogakure and called the Fourth Kazekage, who denied any dissatisfaction or plans for war.
• Minato noticed Tsunade at the race, while Jiraiya went over to greet her.
• Tsunade refused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s invitation to return to Konoha and learned that the village had planned a generous land exchange for the Senju Clan’s property.
• Race officials inspected the vehicles and directed the racers to their starting points across the mountains.
• The Fourth Raikage lowered the flag, and the first Ninja Racing Competition began as the cars surged forward.

Ninja from across the villages raced through Kumogakure’s dangerous course, using everything from Explosive Tags to Tailed Beast powers. The Jinchuriki cleared the first chasm with spectacular stunts while the other racers protested, and the Fourth Raikage ruled that any ninjutsu except Space-Time Ninjutsu was allowed.

• Konan used a seemingly endless supply of Explosive Tags during the race, and Kana told Fuyu she had learned to use them freely from him.
• Kakashi accelerated toward the hundred-meter chasm and used the Three-Tails’ chakra blast to propel his car safely across.
• Yugito Nii crossed the chasm with the Two-Tails, which transformed her car into a blue cat that leaped along the wall.
• Killer B and the Eight-Tails crossed by spinning the beast’s tails until the car flew over the chasm, while the Nine-Tails simply jumped across.
• The trailing racers accused the Jinchuriki of cheating, but the Fourth Raikage declared that all ninjutsu except Space-Time Ninjutsu was permitted.
• Orochimaru watched a toad carry a bus across the chasm and wondered how the ninja world had become so wild.

Orochimaru agreed to help Iwagakure attack the ninja gathered at Kumogakure’s racing competition after demanding triple pay. As the racers fought their way through the second track, Iwagakure began its operation with explosions and Earth Style attacks.

• Orochimaru recalled leaving Konoha to build Otogakure and struggling to fund it as missions and subordinates dwindled.
• Orochimaru watched the Ninja Racing Competition in Kumogakure and negotiated triple pay with Iwagakure over the phone.
• The racers battled with ninjutsu on the Rolling Boulder Track while Gamabunta demanded money from Jiraiya for milk tea, internet, and a bigger phone.
• Explosions and several Earth Style techniques struck near Jiraiya and Gamabunta, who realized someone had attacked the race.

After refusing to keep working with Teacher Danzo, the White Zetsu squandered their earnings and lost focus until Black Zetsu ordered them to enter Kumogakure’s racing competition. As the race began, a series of explosions startled a White Zetsu, who suspected the rich woman from the Land of Rain was throwing Explosive Tags again.

• The White Zetsu left Teacher Danzo and spent their money imagining businesses, playing cards, studying, and surfing the internet.
• Black Zetsu reminded the White Zetsu of their mission and ordered them to enter Kumogakure’s racing competition to win ten million.
• The White Zetsu modified their own cars and trained together, while a package delivery from a green-glowing ninja briefly frightened them.
• The White Zetsu began the race and complained about Black Zetsu as they used their numbers to keep their cars safe.
• Explosions erupted on the fourth track, and a White Zetsu blamed the rich woman from the Land of Rain.

Might Duy joined Fuyou and the others at Kumogakure’s racing competition, where Iwagakure launched a surprise attack to weaken the other villages. Ōnoki’s plan was disrupted by powerful figures who had come to watch, but Orochimaru appeared and began using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

• Might Duy explained that he had come to Kumogakure to train the delivery team and described finding a large family living in a cave near the Land of Earth border.
• Explosions struck a distant hill, and the Fourth Raikage declared an enemy attack as an Earth Style: Iron Prison trapped the spectators.
• Ōnoki admitted that Iwagakure had attacked to limit Kumogakure’s development, but the Fourth Raikage demanded that the Stone Shinobi leave.
• Minato, Hanzo of the Salamander, and other powerful spectators revealed themselves and fought Iwagakure’s forces, surprising Ōnoki.
• Ōnoki called on Orochimaru, who appeared, acknowledged the unexpected gathering, and began the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

Orochimaru summoned the First Hokage, Second Hokage, Second Mizukage, and Third Raikage with Impure World Reincarnation and forced them to fight. As the four remained confused about Kumogakure’s Ninja Racing Competition, Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to attack, bringing the battlefield to the brink of war.

• Orochimaru summoned four reanimated Kage and ordered them to kill everyone before them.
• Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, the Second Mizukage, and the Third Raikage questioned why they had been summoned and learned Orochimaru had defected.
• Minato Namikaze introduced himself as the Fourth Hokage and explained that the Third Hokage was competing in Kumogakure’s Ninja Racing Competition.
• Tobirama Senju failed to break free from Orochimaru’s control, and Orochimaru made the four Kage attack.
• The Fourth Hokage and Fourth Raikage moved to defend as Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to attack.