Chapter Summaries

Sasuke joined Anko’s team to investigate Akatsuki’s underground base, sharing intelligence about Yakushi Kabuto and warning that Anko might be a target. After Tokuma’s Byakugan revealed a crowd of identical figures connected by Chakra, Sasuke concluded they had enough information to withdraw.

• Sasuke met Anko’s team and offered to fly them back after they completed their reconnaissance.
• Anko told Sasuke that Yakushi Kabuto had met with the Masked Man, and Sasuke shared Konoha’s intelligence that Kabuto had mastered the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Sasuke revealed that he had killed Orochimaru and warned Anko that Kabuto might be targeting her because of Orochimaru’s lingering plans.
• At dawn, Sasuke led the team toward the underground base and ordered them to stay together and withdraw as soon as they uncovered its secret.
• Tokuma used his Byakugan to spot many identical people underground, linked together as if they were receiving Chakra, and Sasuke asked him to estimate their numbers.

Sasuke’s team discovered Akatsuki’s headquarters in the northern Land of Frost and reported its location to Kumogakure, prompting preparations for the Allied Shinobi Forces to assemble. The Five Kage and their representatives gathered for a meeting, with Sasuke summoned to join them.

• Tokuma estimated that about a hundred thousand enemies were at Akatsuki’s base, and White Zetsu spotted Sasuke’s team before fleeing to alert Obito Uchiha and Yakushi Kabuto.
• Sasuke led his team away from the base, and Obito and Kabuto decided not to pursue them because Second Pillar was present.
• A messenger hawk brought Konoha’s order for Sasuke’s team to report to Kumogakure, so Sasuke flew there with his group on Eagle Fury.
• Sasuke told Mabui that Akatsuki’s headquarters was in the northern Land of Frost and recommended assembling the Allied Shinobi Forces in the south.
• The Raikage ordered the villages to begin moving their forces, while Sasuke trained to stabilize his fluctuating Chakra.
• Tsunade, the Mizukage, the Tsuchikage, Gaara, and Mifune arrived in Kumogakure, and Sasuke joined their meeting with one subordinate from each leader.

At the pre-war conference, Sasuke explained why the Land of Frost was likely Akatsuki’s headquarters and outlined the White Zetsu army’s strengths and weaknesses. The leaders considered the threat but remained uncertain about the clones’ special abilities.

• Tsunade, Mei, and the other leaders exchanged remarks before Mifune opened the meeting and raised the unresolved Jinchuriki and enemy-intelligence issues.
• Tsunade said their scouts had located the enemy’s nest, and Sasuke presented a map and an image of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to the gathered leaders.
• Sasuke explained that the statue and the estimated one hundred thousand White Zetsu clones beneath it indicated the Land of Frost was Akatsuki’s headquarters.
• Gaara confirmed that Akatsuki had used the statue to extract the One-Tail from him, and he agreed that the enemy needed to defeat the Allied forces to capture the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Sasuke said the White Zetsu clones lacked Ninja Tools and likely could not use conventional Ninjutsu, though their abilities might resemble Wood Release.

Sasuke helped the Allied leaders assess the enemy’s forces and plan how to counter the resurrected ninja and tailed beasts. They agreed that Naruto and Killer B should train together and join the battle if Naruto mastered the Nine-Tails, leaving the story with their participation provisionally approved.

• Sasuke estimated the Masked Man’s forces and warned that Yakushi Kabuto could use the dug-up graves to summon many elite ninja with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Sasuke proposed that the villages’ Sealing Corps prepare sealing tools and that a squad attack Yakushi Kabuto at his headquarters.
• The Tsuchikage and Gaara argued that Naruto and Killer B should be hidden, while Tsunade and Sasuke insisted they were needed to fight the tailed beasts.
• Sasuke persuaded the Raikage to have Killer B train Naruto and argued that the two Jinchuriki should join the battle if Naruto learned to control the Nine-Tails.
• The Raikage provisionally accepted Sasuke’s plan, and the leaders agreed that Naruto and Killer B would need support rather than fight alone.

The Allied Kage established the General Headquarters and assigned Sasuke and Nara Shikaku to develop a defensive plan based on the enemy’s likely land and sea routes through the Land of Frost. Shikaku outlined the forces needed to guard those routes and counter surprise attacks, while the enemy’s strength remained uncertain.

• The Raikage became commander-in-chief and appointed Mabui as confidential secretary, then proposed Sasuke as Chief of Staff.
• Sasuke declined the Chief of Staff position, recommended Nara Shikaku, and agreed to serve as Deputy Chief of Staff and help design battle plans.
• Sasuke identified likely land and sea attack routes through the Land of Frost and recommended using scouts and terrain-suited shinobi to defend them.
• Shikaku proposed dividing the Allied Shinobi Forces between the two main routes and assigning Mifune’s unit to cover other threats.
• Shikaku proposed a surprise attack force to counter the enemy’s likely assault on the headquarters, Elite Jonin to intercept forest squads, and a Kage-level reserve for emergencies.

The Allied forces finalized plans for medical care, communications, reconnaissance, troop deployments, and protecting the nations’ Daimyo as the war approached. Sasuke returned to Konoha, warned Sakura about threats to the Rear Hospital, and prepared the Itachi Squad to remain at Allied HQ and face Kabuto’s reanimated forces.

• Shikaku presented the war council with plans for hospitals, communications, reconnaissance, and troop deployments, and the Raikage ordered the villages to submit their personnel lists.
• Sasuke warned the council that the enemy might target the Daimyo and urged the evacuation of civilians from the Land of Frost; the Raikage tasked Shikaku with arranging the Daimyo’s protection.
• Tsunade stayed behind to discuss Naruto and Killer B’s placement, while Shikaku and Anko’s reconnaissance squad remained to begin forming the Strategic Command.
• Sasuke returned to Konoha with Tsunade, warned Sakura that the Rear Hospital could be attacked, and told her he would initially serve as Deputy Chief of Staff rather than fight at the front.
• Sasuke met Itachi and the others, kept the Itachi Squad at Allied HQ, and warned them that Kabuto could use Impure World Reincarnation; he assigned Jugo to protect Karin and told Suigetsu to stay near the fight.

Sasuke prepared for the coming war, discussed Nagato and Konan’s role in defending Konoha, and considered the unresolved condition of his Sharingan. Tsunade assigned him to lead Konoha’s staff officers and communications personnel to Kumogakure, while she and Jiraiya questioned his motives.

• Sasuke told Nagato to remain in Konoha with Konan and be ready to help defend the village if it came under attack.
• Sasuke reflected on his plan to surpass the Sage of Six Paths and speculated that his Sharingan needed Chakra of all six attributes to recover.
• Tsunade asked Sasuke about his Ninja Way, and he said he wanted to live peacefully without having to do anything.
• Tsunade ordered Sasuke to lead Konoha’s selected staff officers and communications personnel to Kumogakure to help Nara Shikaku establish the Strategic Command.
• Sasuke said the Itachi Squad would accompany him as a reserve squad, and Tsunade explained that the Third Hokage would guard Konoha while Jiraiya joined her in the Kage-level squad.
• After Sasuke left, Jiraiya warned Tsunade that her suspicions could alienate him, while Tsunade admitted she could not understand his plan.

Sasuke escorted Konoha’s Strategic Command personnel to Kumogakure and joined Nara Shikaku in organizing the Allied Shinobi Forces. The strategists began planning defenses against the enemy’s landing, with Darui considered to command the First Combat Division.

• Sasuke escorted Yamanaka Inoichi and the other Konoha personnel to Kumogakure, where Nara Shikaku and Mabui welcomed them.
• Sasuke gave Shikaku Konoha’s roster and discussed the enemy’s numbers, scouting teams, and a proposed surprise assault unit led by Kankuro.
• After the other villages’ strategists arrived, Shikaku placed them under his and Sasuke’s command, and Sasuke urged them to establish a safer backup headquarters.
• The Strategic Command sorted shinobi by combat specialty and Chakra nature while Shikaku and Sasuke planned the combat divisions.
• Sasuke proposed using coastal obstacles and coordinated Lightning, Earth, Wind, and Water Release to repel the enemy landing, and Shikaku agreed that Darui was suitable to command the First Combat Division.

Sasuke and Shikaku finalized the Allied Shinobi Forces’ divisions, defensive strategy, and arrangements for the Daimyo’s safety. The Five Kage approved the plan, and the villages began assigning ninja and preparing supplies for the war.

• Sasuke and Shikaku assigned Kitsuchi, Mifune, Kakashi, Gaara, and Jiraiya to their respective divisions and discussed how the forces would respond to enemy attacks.
• Shikaku proposed that Kankuro lead a surprise attack squad through the western Land of Frost, with Kakashi’s elite force following behind.
• Sasuke said his squad and Itachi’s would support Kakashi’s elite force so it could defeat its opponents quickly and free personnel to aid Naruto and Killer B.
• Shikaku directed the Strategic Command to finalize personnel, hospitals, communications, and sealing teams, then outlined five deceptive hiding places for the Daimyo under the Mizukage’s protection.
• Mabui submitted the completed battle plan, the Five Kage approved it, and the allied villages began assigning ninja and organizing supplies.

The Allied Shinobi Forces deployed across the Land of Frost as Obito Uchiha and Yakushi Kabuto prepared a simultaneous sea-and-land assault. Kankuro's surprise attack squad found Deidara's squad, and the intelligence confirmed the enemy intended to fight head-on while Tsunade grew increasingly worried about Sasuke.

• Mei Terumi, Gaara, and the Allied Shinobi Forces' commanders departed to take up their assigned positions and prepare defenses and supply lines.
• Obito Uchiha ordered Yakushi Kabuto to revive the dead and organize elite and Kage-level squads for a direct assault on the Allied headquarters.
• White Zetsu's clones advanced beneath the sea and underground while the Allied divisions and reserve forces established their defensive positions.
• Kankuro discovered Deidara's squad, reported its location to headquarters, and arranged defenses for the surprise attack squad.
• Shikaku and Sasuke concluded that Obito Uchiha intended a head-on battle, while Tsunade's concern about Sasuke intensified.

Sasuke planned the Allied Shinobi Forces’ deployments against the approaching White Zetsu clones and argued that Naruto should join the war once his training was complete. After the Tsuchikage brought the giant turtle to the lake, Sasuke entered Sage Mode and prepared to go check on Naruto.

• Sasuke proposed that Kankuro’s squad circle around the enemy and coordinate with Kakashi’s elite squad to end their battle quickly.
• Yamanaka Inoichi reported that about fifty thousand clones were approaching from underground and the seabed, and Sasuke ordered reconnaissance to track them.
• Sasuke proposed sending the Third Division around the land force while the Second Division attacked, then retreating from the shoreline if needed to encircle the enemy on land.
• The Tsuchikage brought Kumogakure’s giant turtle to the lake, and the Raikage, Tsunade, and Sasuke went to meet him.
• Sasuke convinced the Raikage that Naruto could not be kept out of the war, then revealed Sage Mode and prepared to go check on Naruto.

Sasuke revealed his unusual wing-based Sage Mode and visited Naruto and Killer B in Kumogakure, where he explained their role in the coming war. The Allied forces completed their deployments, and the battle against Akatsuki was set to begin the next morning.

• Sasuke formed rainbow-colored wings from condensed natural energy and flew to Naruto and Killer B's cave.
• Sasuke learned that Naruto had completed the initial stage of controlling the Nine-Tails' Chakra and told him he would soon fight Akatsuki alongside Killer B.
• Sasuke assigned Naruto and Killer B to hold off the Masked Man and several tailed beasts until reinforcements arrived.
• Naruto told Killer B that Sasuke had no other options and insisted they had to hold out for the allied forces.
• Sasuke reported Naruto's progress to the Raikage, Tsunade, and the Tsuchikage, who confirmed that the battlefields were set and the war would begin the next morning.

Sasuke coordinated the Allied Shinobi Forces’ opening moves and prepared to use his eyes alongside Itachi, while warning his brother to avoid overusing his power. On the land battlefield, Kitsuchi’s division struck the advancing enemy with Earth and Fire Release techniques, then withdrew to regroup as the enemy emerged from underground.

• Sasuke ordered Kakashi’s division to lie in ambush and join the assault after he and Itachi arrived, and he told Itachi they would use their eyes openly in battle.
• Sasuke instructed Itachi to rely on his Seven Tomoe and Kamui rather than Susanoo, and promised to restore his Chakra after the first battle.
• Sasuke told headquarters to have Earth Release ninjas force underground enemies into the air, while Fire Release ninjas attacked and the divisions prepared to fall back.
• Kitsuchi received Sasuke’s operation order, gathered Earth Release Jonin and Fire Release Chunin, and prepared the Second Division to strike the enemy vanguard.
• Kitsuchi’s Earth Release Jonin launched the enemy clones into the air, and Fire Release ninjas attacked them with Great Fireball Technique, killing more than two thousand.
• Kitsuchi ordered the Earth Release ninjas to withdraw and reform as enemy forces began emerging from underground, while the Fire Release ninjas continued attacking as they retreated.

Darui and Kitsuchi used defensive positions and massed low-rank ninjutsu to inflict heavy losses on the advancing clones. The First Division held its beach line, while the Second Division faced mounting pressure and waited for the Third Division and its Kunai Launchers.

• Darui ordered the First Division to retreat from the beach, where coordinated Water Release and Lightning Release attacks drove many clones back into the sea.
• The clones fired wooden spikes at the retreating Lightning Release ninja, but the defenders withdrew to a prepared platform at the cliff base.
• Kitsuchi prepared the Second Division’s Earth Release ninja to attack the charging clones with Earth Spear.
• The Second Division’s Fire Release ninja followed with Dragon Flame Jutsu, turning the earth spikes into a barrier of fire and causing further clone casualties.
• Kitsuchi estimated that his forces could manage only two or three more rounds before needing the Kunai Launcher formations and urged the Third Division to arrive.
• Obito Uchiha committed all one hundred thousand clones to the assault, while Yakushi Kabuto prepared to deploy elite troops.

As the Allied forces held the land and sea fronts, Obito Uchiha sent elite forces toward the central and western routes while the reanimated dead waited to attack. The Kunai Launchers helped stall the clones, but the exhausted defenders still faced an overwhelming enemy.

• Shikaku and Sasuke assessed the battles, and Sasuke said the enemy elites were likely waiting for close combat before striking.
• Kakashi and Might Guy waited with the Fourth Division as Obito Uchiha ordered Yakushi Kabuto to send elite forces along the central route and a Kage-level squad west.
• Kitsuchi ordered exhausted troops to recover and brought the Second and Third Divisions' Kunai Launcher formations to the front.
• Hanzo and Kimimaro waited behind the clones as Mifune led his troops around the flank toward the Second Division.
• Kitsuchi's alternating launcher rows shot down many charging clones and held them at range.
• Darui's forces repelled another attack but ran low on Chakra, so he ordered them to spread into a line and prepare their throwing weapons.

Kitsuchi’s forces engaged the clone army in close combat, while Mifune’s arrival turned the battle against the clones. Sasuke set out with Itachi and their team as Kakashi’s unit encountered Zabuza and Haku’s group in the forest.

• Kitsuchi led more than twenty thousand soldiers into close combat after the First Division exhausted its ninjutsu and Kunai Launcher formations.
• Mifune split the Third Division to attack the clones’ flanks, while he faced Hanzo and Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten confronted Kimimaro.
• The First Division retreated behind a field of traps, and Darui and Shikamaru’s forces rested and watched the enemy’s advance.
• Sasuke left Shikaku in command, arranged for Naruto and Killer B to guard rear outposts, and departed with Itachi, Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin.
• Kakashi’s elite unit encountered Zabuza, Haku, and two others in the forest, where Zabuza asked about Sasuke.

Kakashi’s elite unit faced Zabuza, Pakura, and the revived Seven Ninja Swordsmen while trapped in the Hidden Mist. Naruto’s allies arrived on a giant eagle and told Kakashi to signal for support so they could finish the battle quickly.

• Zabuza and Haku discussed the boy who had defeated them as the Impure World Reincarnation began eroding their sanity.
• Zabuza spread the Hidden Mist while Pakura’s Scorch Release drew the elite unit’s attention.
• Kabuto tossed several bean-like objects, and Zabuza summoned six coffins containing the previous generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Kakashi and Zabuza exchanged Water Clone attacks as the elite unit held its formation in the mist.
• A strong wind cleared the mist, and a giant eagle brought several figures who landed between the two forces and urged Kakashi to send a signal.

Sasuke and his allies arrived to confront Kabuto’s reanimated forces, including Zabuza, Haku, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Sasuke assigned his team and the Allied Shinobi to engage the enemies, and the battle began.

• Sasuke dispersed the mist and spoke with Zabuza and Haku before Kabuto took control of Zabuza and offered to withdraw in exchange for Anko Mitarashi.
• Sasuke rejected Kabuto’s offer and ordered Jugo and Suigetsu to fight Kari and Pakura, while Karin withdrew to safety.
• Kakashi identified Sasuke as Deputy Chief of Staff Second Pillar and relayed his orders to the Allied Shinobi.
• Sasuke and Itachi charged the enemy line as Kakashi, Might Guy, and several Elite Jonin joined the fight.
• Suigetsu engaged Pakura, Jugo faced Kari, and Itachi chose Kushimaru Kuriarare as his opponent.

Sasuke and Itachi used Kamui and their other powerful techniques to capture Zabuza, Haku, and Kushimaru during the battle. Kakashi was injured by Ringo Ameyuri and withdrew for treatment, while Sasuke took his place and Kakashi watched the brothers with growing suspicion.

• Sasuke overwhelmed Zabuza and Haku with close combat while Itachi fought Kushimaru Kuriarare.
• Sasuke revealed Kamui, passed through Haku’s attack, bound Zabuza with Thunderclap Chains, and helped the Sealing Corps seal both opponents.
• Itachi used Kamui to evade Kushimaru’s attack, restrained him with Amaterasu, and had him sealed.
• Kakashi was struck by Ringo Ameyuri’s Lightning Fang and went to the rear for medical treatment.
• Sasuke took over Kakashi’s fight, while Itachi moved on to battle Jinin Akebino.
• Kakashi wondered why both brothers could use Kamui and questioned whether he could trust Sasuke.

Sasuke and Itachi defeated most of the reanimated Seven Ninja Swordsmen, while the Fourth Division captured them and prepared to reinforce other battlefields. Sasuke stayed behind to face Hozuki Mangetsu.

• Sasuke used Kamui to cut Ringo Ameyuri in half, then took Lightning Blade: Kiba as he and Itachi defeated the swordsmen and collected three blades.
• Jugo suppressed his Yin Release Chakra and finished his fight, while Suigetsu defeated Pakura and Maki sealed her.
• Sasuke bound Munashi Jinpachi and Itachi captured Suikazan Fuguki, leaving Hozuki Mangetsu as the last swordsman standing.
• Sasuke ordered most of the Fourth Division to reinforce the Second and Third Divisions, while Kakashi and Might Guy remained behind.
• Sasuke challenged Hozuki Mangetsu to show his strength and prepared to fight him.