Chapter Summaries

Yotsuki Dana arrived at Mount Myōboku to find out why a toad had brought Minato Namikaze there. After fighting Gamabunta and meeting Sage Fukasaku, Dana learned the Great Toad Sage had sensed his arrival and was waiting for him.

• Gamabunta recognized Ichikishimahime and attacked Yotsuki Dana after learning his name, accusing him of killing Jiraiya.
• Dana disarmed Gamabunta with lightning and knocked him down, then hurled the giant sword at him.
• Sage Fukasaku intercepted the sword but was sent flying, while its blunt force knocked Gamabunta unconscious.
• Sage Fukasaku asked why Dana had come, and Dana explained that he had seen a toad take Minato Namikaze from the village.
• Dana told Sage Fukasaku that he had annexed Konoha, and Sage Fukasaku said the Great Toad Sage had sensed his arrival.
• Dana followed Sage Fukasaku deeper into Mount Myōboku to meet the Great Toad Sage.

Yotsuki Dana confronted the Great Toad Sage over his secret guidance of Minato Namikaze and rejected the idea that toads should steer humanity’s future. Dana left with Minato after declaring that he would teach the prophesied blue-eyed youth, while the Great Toad Sage tried to recall a mysterious vision.

• Dana arrived at Mount Myōboku and introduced himself to the Great Toad Sage, Sage Shima, Sage Fukasaku, and Minato Namikaze.
• Minato told Dana that the Great Toad Sage had directed him to find a purple-eyed youth who could lead him back to his guide.
• Dana accused the Great Toad Sage of lying about having no prophecy, and the sage admitted he had dreamed of important events but would only convey them through guidance.
• Dana criticized the Great Toad Sage for secretly influencing human affairs and told him to share future information through official channels.
• Dana announced that he would become the blue-eyed youth’s teacher, then left Mount Myōboku with Minato.
• The Great Toad Sage recalled a vision of figures atop a cyan giant amid lightning and storm clouds, and wondered what the names in the prophecy meant.

Yotsuki Dana persuaded Minato Namikaze to accept the nomination for Fifth Hokage and prepared to leave Konoha for the Cloud-Lightning Federation’s founding ceremony. Tobirama Senju agreed to go with Dana, while Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, and Uchiha Obito were appointed to protect Dana as the Executive Officer.

• Dana convinced Minato that Konoha needed a Hokage who would prioritize its people and promote integration with Kumogakure, and Minato agreed to become Fifth Hokage.
• Minato passed Konoha’s jonin confidence vote with Dana’s support, completing Dana’s arrangements for Konoha before the federation ceremony.
• Dana asked Tobirama whether he would remain in the living world, and Tobirama chose to accompany him to see the future he envisioned.
• Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, and Uchiha Obito reported to Dana and learned they had been appointed to the Executive Guard Second Squad to protect the Executive Officer, Dana.

Kakashi, Might Guy, Obito, and the Konoha delegation arrived in Kumogakure for the Cloud-Lightning Federation’s founding ceremony and marveled at its technology and scale. Yotsuki Dana returned to the village, reunited with Yotsuki Qi, and reconsidered going home after learning that Natsu and others were waiting there.

• Kakashi, Might Guy, and Obito arrived at Kumogakure’s Heavenly Transfer Base, where staff directed them to find their companions at Arrivals.
• Kakashi encountered Uchiha Fugaku and the other Konoha representatives, and the delegation gathered before leaving the base together.
• Dodai greeted Minato Namikaze and the delegation outside, then sent the Executive Guard Second Squad to register with the Special Strategy Department.
• Yotsuki Dana surveyed Kumogakure’s expanded city and flew to the Raikage Building, where he reunited with Yotsuki Qi and heard that their father had gone to see Jishi about a breakthrough.
• Yotsuki Qi told Dana that Natsu, Uzumaki Kagari, and Dana’s maid were waiting at the clan grounds, prompting Dana to stay at the office and discuss the village’s future.

Dana handled the Cloud-Lightning Federation’s growing administrative workload and reviewed reports of escalating resistance from Sunagakure. Suspecting that Sunagakure’s desperate war effort had an unusual cause, he ordered the Special Operations Unit to reopen contact with the village.

• Yotsuki Ki split the Raikage Office’s documents with Dana as they discussed the need for a new administrative system for the expanding federation.
• Dana discarded a letter inviting Yotsuki Ki to admire the snow, then ordered a search for infiltrators after a patrol in the Land of Fields was attacked.
• Dana reviewed reports about promising academy students, disaster relief, and growing dissent in Sunagakure over the Third Kazekage’s costly guerrilla strategy.
• Dana reconsidered Blue B’s loss of control in Sunagakure and suspected that the village’s willingness to fight might have a hidden cause.
• Dana instructed the Special Operations Unit to have Kitano Izumi renew contact through the chamber of commerce over Iron Sand and to find a way to contact Sasori of Sunagakure.

Dana avoided returning home by arranging a combat assessment for the newly arrived Second Squad, pitting Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy against Nagato. Nagato defeated all three with a genjutsu that made them chase their mothers, leaving Dana horrified by how poorly it suited its targets.

• After reviewing the Second Squad's registration documents, Dana summoned its members to Training Ground Seven and contacted Nagato.
• Dana explained the squad's dangerous duties and introduced Nagato as a member of the First Squad, claiming its members could defeat the three youngsters alone.
• Obito, Kakashi, and Might Guy challenged Nagato, but Nagato immediately trapped Obito in a genjutsu and pulled Kakashi in with Banshō Ten'in.
• Nagato used Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei to defeat Might Guy after Dana stopped him from using a more destructive technique.
• Within ten seconds, Nagato had defeated all three with a genjutsu about reuniting with their mothers, and Dana pointed out that none of them had a mother.

Dana trained Kakashi, Obito, and Might Guy, then joined Nagato, Kushina, Minato, and the Nine-Tails for dinner in Kumogakure. He tried to recruit Kushina into the Executive Guard Corps and encouraged her to attend the Ninja Advanced Study School, while learning that she could let the Nine-Tails emerge and eat with them.

• Dana ended the training session after quickly defeating Kakashi, Obito, and Might Guy with a genjutsu.
• Nagato brought Dana to his apartment, where they found Minato cooking hamburger steak for Kushina.
• Dana revealed that Minato had become Konohagakure's Fifth Hokage, and Kushina and the Nine-Tails mocked the appointment.
• Dana invited Kushina to join Kumogakure's Executive Guard Corps and suggested she attend the Ninja Advanced Study School.
• At dinner, the Nine-Tails emerged from Kushina as a small glowing fox and sat with the group.

After losing to Nagato, Kakashi, Obito, and Might Guy learned why Kumogakure held Yotsuki Dana as its standard for genius. Elsewhere, Orochimaru performed an improved Impure World Reincarnation and summoned a powerful man with purple eyes, leaving him convinced the Sage of Six Paths was real.

• Kakashi, Obito, and Might Guy went to Ichiraku Ramen after being defeated and discussed Nagato’s strange abilities.
• Yotsuki Ki told the three that Nagato had fought the Tsuchikage and that Yotsuki Dana’s many achievements had set Kumogakure’s high bar for genius.
• Yotsuki Ki fled when a woman arrived looking for him, leaving the three children without the promised ramen treat.
• Black Zetsu and a masked man provided Orochimaru with a Rock Ninja sacrifice and First Hokage tissue for an Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru summoned a long-haired man in ancient armor, but the man resisted his control, freed himself, and grabbed Orochimaru by the neck.
• Orochimaru saw the man’s purple eyes and wondered whether the Sage of Six Paths had truly existed.

Madara returned in an Edo Tensei Body with copied Rinnegan and learned that the Shinobi World had changed while he was absent. As Kumogakure prepared for its Cloud Festival, Dana’s shopping trip was interrupted by the arrival of Uchiha Fugaku and an unfamiliar woman.

• Madara dismissed Orochimaru after their transaction, then burned the corpse and the hidden snakes Orochimaru had left behind to spy on him.
• Madara asked Black Zetsu what the Cloud-Lightning Federation was, and Black Zetsu began to explain the changes in the Shinobi World.
• Kumogakure welcomed visitors for the Cloud Festival and announced that its shops would stay open through the night until the ceremony began at sunrise.
• Dana accompanied Satomi, Natsu, Kagari, and Nambu Maki on a shopping trip, tried to offer advice, and was told to wait and carry their bags.
• Dana spotted Uchiha Fugaku approaching with an unfamiliar woman and wondered where he had met her.

During Kumogakure’s Cloud Festival, visitors and villagers enjoyed the festivities while the Third Raikage and Yotsuki Qi finished preparations for the coming all-night celebration. From a mountain overlooking the city, Madara Uchiha decided to investigate what Yotsuki Dana had created.

• Fugaku introduced Dana to his wife, Uchiha Mikoto, and Minato Namikaze arrived with Kushina; the women gathered together and dragged the men along to shop.
• Konan and Nagato toured the festival together after Yahiko left, but an absurd performance on a stage ruined their romantic mood.
• Hizashi Hyuga met Chishin Yusuke at Rain Inari, where Red Rock and Hongling joined Yusuke for a meal prepared by Konan's mother and Kagari's mother.
• The Third Raikage and Yotsuki Qi watched the festival preparations from the Raikage Building, and the Third Raikage teased Qi about the princess of the Land of Fields searching for him.
• Madara Uchiha watched Kumogakure from a nearby mountain and told Black Zetsu and Yotsuki Hui that he wanted to inspect Dana's creation.

Madara Uchiha and Yotsuki Hui entered Kumogakure during its festival, where Madara encountered Obito and saw the village’s peaceful life. As the fireworks ended, Dana filled the sky with lasting Lightning Release creatures, leaving the village to celebrate beneath them until the ceremony began at dawn.

• Madara and Yotsuki Hui disguised themselves and entered Kumogakure, where they watched the festival crowds and happy villagers.
• Obito caught a wooden shuriken that nearly hit Madara, and Madara questioned him about wearing a Konohagakure forehead protector in Kumogakure.
• Dana, Satomi, and their companions gathered at Cliffside Ring Park and watched the fireworks with the people of Kumogakure.
• After the fireworks faded, Dana entered Sage Mode and created nine enormous Lightning Dragons that circled above the village.
• Dana filled the sky with more Lightning Release creatures, which were set to remain until dawn, when the festival would end and the ceremony would begin.

As Kumogakure prepared to inaugurate the Cloud-Lightning Federation, Madara Uchiha considered Nagato and Yotsuki Hui as possible vessels for the Rinnegan’s ultimate technique. The ceremony began at sunrise, but a barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs suddenly raced toward the assembled crowd.

• Madara Uchiha spotted Nagato in Kumogakure and judged him too young and weak to use the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, then considered Yotsuki Hui as a backup vessel.
• Dana returned to the Raikage Building, where the Third Raikage and Yotsuki Qi had worked through the night ahead of the ceremony.
• Construction Ninja used the Technique of Thousand Mechanism Construction to raise spiral pillars and extend a circular ceremonial platform from the cliffside.
• Representatives and leaders from several nations and villages took their seats as the Third Raikage led Kumogakure's officials to the podium.
• As the Third Raikage welcomed the crowd at sunrise, a barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs came hurtling toward them.

Yotsuki Dana defended Kumogakure from a barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs while the Third Raikage continued the Cloud-Lightning Federation's founding ceremony. The Third Raikage declared that the federation would pursue progress above permanent peace, and a towering white structure rose behind him.

• Yotsuki Dana spotted incoming Tailed Beast Bombs and hurled one away from Kumogakure before Tobirama Senju teleported another away.
• The Third Raikage calmed the panicked crowd and continued the founding ceremony as Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze guarded the village.
• Yotsuki Dana flew toward the attack's source, destroying Tailed Beast Bombs as he considered that Iwagakure's Jinchuriki might be responsible.
• The Third Raikage declared that permanent peace did not exist and that humanity's true pursuit was progress and development.
• The Third Raikage proclaimed the Will of the Cloud, and an enormous white tower rose behind him in Old Kumogakure.

The Cloud-Lightning Federation was established as Kumogakure became Cloud City, while its researchers unveiled Biomorphic Metal that could store Chakra and harness a Tailed Beast’s replenishing supply. Dana left the institute facing the possibility of powering the Federation’s future with Chakra.

• The Third Raikage announced the Cloud-Lightning Federation and renamed Kumogakure Cloud City as Minato Namikaze, Tobirama Senju, and Blue B stopped Ōnoki and Roshi’s Tailed Beast Bombs from causing casualties.
• The Federation appointed Yotsuki Dana as Executive Officer and Third Raikage A as Commander-in-Chief, while the ceremony’s attackers escaped after Dana’s pursuit failed.
• Dana visited the newly named Federal First Research Institute, where Jishi showed him Biomorphic Metal made by replicating Samehada’s Chakra-storing flesh.
• Jishi explained that the material could solve Chakra storage problems and demonstrated it absorbing Chakra drawn from the Two-Tails sealed in the Amber Purifying Pot.
• Jishi said the Two-Tails could supply enough Chakra to illuminate every home in the Federation indefinitely, and Dana recognized the promise of the future.

Dana managed the Cloud-Lightning Federation’s growing administration, approved aid for displaced villagers, and assigned Tobirama Senju to develop ninjutsu-based agriculture. Tobirama accepted the long-term plan to prepare experimental fields before spring planting.

• Dana demonstrated a Chakra-powered cooling fan to Dodai and discussed other practical inventions being developed with Jishi.
• Dana approved Minato Namikaze’s request to travel between Konohagakure and Cloud Capital so he could cook there at night.
• Dana ordered relief food, protection, and relocation support for war-displaced villagers in the Land of Fields, along with a standard plan for future disasters.
• Dana summoned Tobirama Senju and tasked him with researching ninjutsu applications for food cultivation, beginning with experimental fields near Cloud Capital before early spring.

Yotsuki Dana and Tobirama Senju investigated farming and planned ways to use ninjutsu to improve agriculture across the Federation, while Cloud Capital began laying underground Chakra lines. In the Land of Rivers, Sasori and Pakura were discovered by a bounty hunter as a masked group raced toward them.

• Yotsuki Dana and Tobirama Senju questioned a farmer and discussed developing accessible agricultural ninjutsu, fertilizer, and better seeds through pilot projects.
• Yotsuki Dana and Tobirama Senju returned to Cloud Capital and saw Construction Ninja secretly lay Biomorphic Metal cables beneath the streets for a citywide Chakra network.
• Sasori brought food to Pakura at their hidden cave and told her that Byakugan users had recently eliminated several Sand ninja teams.
• Sasori and Pakura planned to return to the Land of Wind and seek Elder Chiyo and Elder Ebizo's help in opposing the Third Kazekage.
• A bounty hunter ambushed Sasori and Pakura outside their cave, while a group wearing Mahjong Masks hurried toward them.

Kakuzu was hunted by Yotsuki Hui, Sasori, and Pakura until he found shelter with the Bandit Group. Hirohiko refused to hand him over, and Yotsuki Hui withdrew while the Bandit Group kept its plans concerning Sasori secret.

• Kakuzu attacked Sasori and Pakura, but Yotsuki Hui pierced one of his hearts with her jade-white blade.
• Yotsuki Hui ordered Sasori and Pakura to help pursue Kakuzu, and the three chased him until he had only two hearts left.
• Kakuzu reached the resting Bandit Group and claimed that Yotsuki Hui controlled the former Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.
• Hirohiko confirmed Kakuzu had worked with Dana and refused Yotsuki Hui's demand to hand him over.
• Yotsuki Hui left with Sasori and Pakura, while Hirohiko chose not to stop them because the Bandit Group still intended to approach Sasori.

Tobirama Senju tested prototype agricultural ninjutsu while Yotsuki Dana received news from Kakuzu about a possible lead on the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique. Meanwhile, the Third Raikage reviewed a secret plan profiling powerful and promising shinobi, whose stages included the Eight Gates Formation, Sage Mode, and Yin Seal.

• Tobirama Senju tested Earth Release techniques for preparing fields, and Dana rejected methods that left the soil too shallow or too dry.
• Hirohiko connected Dana with Kakuzu, who reported that a possible cultivator of the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique had arrived in the Land of Rivers with intelligence for Sunagakure.
• Dana told Hirohiko and the Bandit Group to verify Kakuzu's information without abandoning their mission, and said Cloud Capital could send support through Heavenly Delivery if needed.
• Dana suspected the masked man connected to Sunagakure and Wood Release was working with Black Zetsu, then joked with Obito as Tobirama ended the day's Earth Release tests.
• The Third Raikage examined a top-secret plan containing combat profiles for Dana, himself, Hirohiko, and others, then proposed an extravagant name that his secretary urged him to change.
• The plan's pages revealed that its stages targeted the Eight Gates Formation, Sage Mode, and Yin Seal.

Might Duy arrived in Cloud Capital to teach the Eight Gates Formation to Kumogakure’s gathered fighters and researchers. The training session spiraled into an intense competition, and the Third Raikage demanded a ton of weight per person, leaving Konan horrified.

• Might Guy welcomed Might Duy and hurried him to the First Training Ground, where the Third Raikage, Yotsuki Dana, Tobirama Senju, Konan, and others awaited him.
• Might Duy explained how the Eight Gates Formation worked and answered questions about its physical demands and the importance of willpower.
• Might Duy began testing everyone’s physical condition with ten thousand push-ups, and Yotsuki Dana and the Third Raikage immediately performed them at astonishing speed.
• Tobirama Senju stopped his push-ups when the others’ high-speed exercise shook the ground, while Might Duy, Might Guy, Yotsuki Ki, and Blue B joined the training frenzy.
• The Third Raikage demanded that everyone add one ton of weight, and Konan protested in fear.

Yotsuki Dana and the others began training in the Eight Gates Formation, but Jishi and Tobirama Senju opened four gates almost immediately. Tobirama’s Edo Tensei Body lost control of the technique and exploded after reaching the Gate of Death, leaving Dana to promise they would try to retrieve him.

• Konan quit the Eight Gates Formation training, while Yotsuki Dana and the Third Raikage recognized that reaching their physical limits took too long to be practical.
• Might Duy guided the group in locating and opening the Eight Gates, and Jishi immediately opened four gates thanks to his medical knowledge and unusual constitution.
• Tobirama Senju also opened four gates, but his Chakra turned black and the gates began opening uncontrollably.
• Tobirama Senju reached the Gate of Death and exploded in a towering plume of fire, while the others fled the Training Ground.
• Dana reassured the distraught Might Duy and Might Guy that they would try to bring Tobirama back from the underworld.