Chapter Summaries

Karatachi Yagura regained control after Suikazan Fuguki freed him from the Sharingan illusion, and Kirigakure turned to choosing a new Mizukage. Fuguki became the Fourth Mizukage and began changing the Bloody Mist Policy instead of seeking revenge on Konoha.

• Karatachi Yagura told Suikazan Fuguki and the Kirigakure ninja that an Uchiha with a Swirl Mask and Mangekyō Sharingan had controlled him using Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Ao and the other Kirigakure ninja blamed Konoha, but Karatachi Yagura silenced them and raised revising the Bloody Mist Policy and choosing a successor.
• The Kirigakure ninja backed Suikazan Fuguki as the only suitable candidate, and Karatachi Yagura entrusted him with the position of Fourth Mizukage.
• Suikazan Fuguki took office through a quiet transfer of power, then began gradually changing Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist Policy.

Suikazan Fuguki began stabilizing Kirigakure by easing tensions with the bloodline clans and reshaping the village’s leadership. As the Jonin gathered for a meeting, they learned Sunagakure had accepted Kirigakure’s condition involving Pakura.

• Suikazan Fuguki eased Kirigakure’s relationship with its bloodline clans, and the Hozuki Clan returned after receiving a share of authority.
• Suikazan Fuguki reorganized Kirigakure’s leadership, retaining Karatachi Yagura as an adviser and appointing Kisame, Mei Terumi, and Ao to key roles.
• Mei Terumi told the assembled Jonin that Kirigakure could not afford to fight Konoha while tensions with Sunagakure remained unresolved.
• A scarred shinobi revealed that Sunagakure’s Kazekage had accepted Kirigakure’s condition, prompting Mei Terumi to realize it concerned handing over Pakura.

Suikazan Fuguki introduced Dr. Vegapunk as a powerful political ally and Boa Hancock as his guard to Kirigakure's assembled Ninja. Hancock's overwhelming beauty and Mei Terumi's flirtation nearly sparked a fight, while the Ninja struggled to resist Hancock's charm.

• Mei Terumi cursed the Fourth Kazekage and admired Dr. Vegapunk's looks when Suikazan Fuguki entered with Kisame, Dr. Vegapunk, and Boa Hancock.
• Mei Terumi provoked Boa Hancock by flirting with Dr. Vegapunk, and Hancock nearly attacked her before he intervened.
• Suikazan Fuguki introduced Dr. Vegapunk as the Water Country Daimyo's envoy and the Sea Country Daimyo's heir, making the Ninja regard him as a financial backer.
• Suikazan Fuguki introduced Boa Hancock as Dr. Vegapunk's guard, and she removed her mask while warning the Ninja not to address her casually.
• Most of the Kirigakure Ninja were overwhelmed by Boa Hancock's beauty and mistakenly tried to dispel her charm with Chakra, while Mei Terumi resisted it.

Suikazan Fuguki announced that Kirigakure and Sea Ninja Village were expected to merge, and Dr. Vegapunk brought Kirigakure’s Jonin to the training ground to demonstrate Sea Ninja Village’s strength. After Ao discovered that the young Sea Ninja Village ninjas had nearly Jonin-level Chakra, Dr. Vegapunk prepared to reveal their enhancements.

• Suikazan Fuguki announced the proposed peaceful merger of Kirigakure and Sea Ninja Village, prompting the Kirigakure ninjas to raise questions and objections.
• Dr. Vegapunk led the Jonin to the training ground, where they saw a group of young Sea Ninja Village ninjas.
• Ao used his Byakugan to discover that the youths’ Chakra reserves approached or matched Jonin levels, shocking the Kirigakure Jonin.
• Dr. Vegapunk revealed that the youths had undergone Zoan modifications and training that greatly increased their physical abilities.
• Dr. Vegapunk asked the young ninjas to demonstrate their enhanced strength to the Kirigakure Jonin.

Vegapunk demonstrated his enhancement technology to the Kirigakure Jonin by having transformed young Ninjas fight Ao. Ao defeated a White Bear Ninja and found no apparent harmful effects, leaving him excited by the technology’s potential.

• The young Ninjas transformed into powerful half-human, half-animal forms, and Ao volunteered to test one of them.
• Ao fought a White Bear Ninja, using Water Release and Taijutsu while observing his opponent’s body and Chakra for signs of harm.
• After more than ten minutes, Ao concluded the modification had greatly improved the Ninja’s strength, stamina, and recovery without detectable strain.
• Ao disabled the White Bear Ninja with Byakugan-based strikes and had him taken for emergency treatment.
• Ao asked Vegapunk to let him test a few more opponents, while Vegapunk welcomed the request.

After Kirigakure’s Jonin saw Vegapunk’s enhancement technology and learned he would lead the village’s research department, they accepted a merger with Sea Ninja Village. Nico Robin negotiated the terms and insisted that Kirigakure adopt the Sea Ninja Village name, leaving Mei Terumi arguing against the change.

• Ao tested the enhancement and reported that he had found no problems, then asked whether Suikazan Fuguki had also been modified.
• Suikazan Fuguki confirmed that his own modification had greatly increased his strength, prompting the Jonin to welcome the prospect of being enhanced.
• Suikazan Fuguki announced that Vegapunk would become the head of Kirigakure’s research department if the villages merged, and the Jonin agreed to follow the Mizukage’s orders.
• Nico Robin negotiated the merger terms, then demanded that Kirigakure be renamed Sea Ninja Village.
• Mei Terumi objected that the new name would weaken Kirigakure’s deterrence, while Nico Robin argued it would reflect the alliance of maritime nations and distance the village from the Bloody Mist’s reputation.

After Kirigakure helped establish Sea Ninja Village, Vegapunk focused on developing technology and researching ways to power his combat machines. The chapter ended when several ninja entered his laboratory and asked for him.

• Suikazan Fuguki accepted the Sea Country name change after Kirigakure's negotiators agreed it could bring more funding.
• The sea nations formed the Ocean Alliance, with Kirigakure at its core, and established Sea Ninja Village, drawing in many smaller factions.
• Suikazan Fuguki sorted through the new recruits for spies, while Vegapunk left him two lie detectors and returned to his laboratory.
• Vegapunk examined the Quantum Brain's preserved artificial intelligence data and concluded that a lack of a Nuclear Fusion Reactor limited his combat machines.
• Vegapunk considered energy sources, biotechnology, and Chakra-based Kekkei Genkai research as he planned future inventions.
• Several ninja entered Vegapunk's laboratory and asked whether he was there.

Vegapunk gathered Mei Terumi, Ao, and members of the Yuki and Hozuki Clans to study Kekkei Genkai and improve the odds of awakening them. He proposed eventually mass-producing elite Jonin, while keeping his more advanced transplantation capabilities secret.

• Mei Terumi arrived with Kekkei Genkai-linked ninjas, including Yuki and Hozuki Clan members and Ao, for Vegapunk's research.
• Vegapunk considered the assembled group a useful range of subjects but noted that no one with Shikotsumyaku was present.
• The ninjas trusted Vegapunk after his inventions, including a surveillance satellite and a Chakra Attribute Training Pod, strengthened the Sea Ninja Village.
• Mei Terumi and the other ninjas agreed to cooperate with Vegapunk's Kekkei Genkai research, though the Hozuki Clan showed some reluctance.
• Vegapunk said his first goal was to raise the likelihood of Kekkei Genkai awakening and concealed how readily he could transplant Kekkei Genkai.

Vegapunk began researching ways to awaken clan Kekkei Genkai, while the major Ninja villages received news of the newly founded Sea Ninja Village. Konoha and the other villages largely set the news aside as they focused on more immediate concerns.

• The clan Ninja eagerly asked Vegapunk whether his research could awaken their Kekkei Genkai, and he said he was seventy to eighty percent confident.
• The Third Hokage reviewed Kakashi’s intelligence about Vegapunk and the Sea Ninja Village, recognizing Vegapunk as an astonishing genius.
• Kakashi reflected on Vegapunk’s influence and then focused on Kumogakure’s renewed attacks against the weakened Konoha.
• The Third Hokage filed away the Sea Ninja Village intelligence because Konoha lacked the strength and time to act on it.
• Ōnoki mocked the former Kirigakure’s name change and ordered Iwagakure’s intelligence division to monitor the Sea Ninja Village.
• Kumogakure ordered its subordinates to gather more information about the Sea Ninja Village while it remained occupied with its conflict against Konoha.

The Sand Ninja Village struggled against the Sea Ninja Village, whose new weapons and growing ranks of Kekkei Genkai users had devastated the battlefield. Pakura fought the Kaguya Clan Leader as more than thirty Shikotsumyaku users broke through the Sand Ninja defenses, leaving her to suspect a cause she could barely bear to believe.

• The Sea Ninja Village turned its war with the Sand Ninja Village into a testing ground for Vegapunk’s equipment, inflicting heavy casualties and looting coastal cities.
• Pakura confronted the Kaguya Clan Leader and questioned why the Kaguya Clan, once dissatisfied with Kirigakure, had joined the fighting.
• The Kaguya Clan Leader attacked Pakura with bone techniques, and she countered with Scorch Release, damaging his arm through his bone shield.
• Pakura realized that more than thirty Kaguya Clan members had awakened Shikotsumyaku, far more than their small clan should have been able to produce.
• The Shikotsumyaku fighters tore through the Sand Ninja defensive line while Pakura continued battling the Kaguya Clan Leader.

Pakura ordered the Sand Ninja to retreat and stayed behind to cover them as the Sea Ninja Village occupied a coastal Oasis city. At the Sea Ninja camp, Vegapunk examined a Ninja’s body and explained his research into the medium that helps form Chakra.

• Pakura assessed the Sand Ninja’s depleted forces and ordered them to retreat toward the Desert.
• Pakura held back the Sea Ninja Village’s forces until her troops escaped, then withdrew as the enemy occupied the coastal Oasis city.
• The Kaguya Clan Leader complained to Vegapunk about Pakura, and Boa Hancock punched him out of the tent.
• The Kaguya Clan Leader recovered and returned to watch Vegapunk extract material from a Ninja’s body.
• Vegapunk explained that a medium involved in merging spiritual and physical energy affected how much Chakra a person could produce.

Vegapunk explained his Chakra experiments and gave the Kaguya Clan Leader a hedgehog-based Gene Modification Fluid, while warning that Pakura would eventually fall into their hands. In Sunagakure, Rasa and the Jonin argued over their heavy defeat and whether Pakura’s report about the Sea Ninja Village’s forces could be trusted.

• Vegapunk explained how medium Chakra affected Ninja abilities and said his experiments had crippled more than a hundred Sand Ninjas.
• The Kaguya Clan Leader asked why they could not hunt down Pakura, but Vegapunk said she would come to them and could later serve as a useful weapon against Sunagakure.
• Vegapunk gave the Kaguya Clan Leader a hedgehog Gene Modification Fluid, then argued that a turtle might be an even better match for Shikotsumyaku.
• Fourth Kazekage Rasa reported that Sunagakure had lost more than a hundred Ninjas, including three Jonin, after its coastal defense line was breached.
• A Sand Ninja Jonin demanded that Pakura be held accountable, while another defended her and a third questioned her report of the Sea Ninja Village’s forces.

Rasa and Sunagakure’s senior officials debated how to respond to Sea Ninja Village’s strength and the village’s dwindling resources. Unable to continue the war, they decided to accept Sea Ninja Village’s compensation terms through installment payments, despite the long-term cost.

• Rasa silenced the arguing Sand Ninja and insisted they focus on how to deal with Sea Ninja Village.
• The officials weighed Sunagakure’s depleted forces, lack of funds, and limited options for reinforcing the battlefield.
• A senior official proposed making peace, prompting the officials to recall Sea Ninja Village’s harsh demands for resources and compensation.
• The officials concluded Sunagakure could not keep fighting but worried that the compensation would cripple its development for years.
• Rasa decided to accept installment payments and told the officials they could refuse further compensation if Sea Ninja Village later ran into trouble.

Vegapunk negotiated with Sunagakure for mining rights and returned to his Laboratory, where he and his Shadow Clone worked with an exhausted Orochimaru on Soul Transfer and Sage Transformation. The chapter ended as the Shadow Clone offered to share his research memories directly.

• Suikazan Fuguki and Vegapunk discussed Sunagakure's agreement, and Vegapunk proposed claiming mining areas instead of demanding more supplies.
• Vegapunk went to Sea Ninja Village's Laboratory and reflected on how his Shadow Clones used the Quantum Brain's computing power.
• Vegapunk found Orochimaru exhausted from working alongside a Shadow Clone, then watched the clone destroy Orochimaru's own Shadow Clone and cause his fatigue to catch up with him.
• Vegapunk and his Shadow Clone said the Chakra-based Soul Transfer technique was nearly complete, while Orochimaru still wanted to pursue Sage Transformation.
• Vegapunk asked about the Sage Transformation research, and his Shadow Clone offered to exchange memories to explain the results.

Vegapunk developed an external organ that could maintain Sage Mode and devised a potion to install it, but the costly ingredients limited production. He decided to fund his research by putting Robin in charge of selling his inventions.

• Vegapunk received his Shadow Clone’s memories and learned it had created a way to remain in Sage Mode almost permanently.
• He concluded that the Sage Mode organ could extend a Ninja’s lifespan to nearly two hundred years, while suspecting the Animal Sages held secrets to living longer.
• Vegapunk examined a Silver Potion that could create the organ and later be counteracted, but estimated each bottle cost hundreds of millions.
• He planned to make potions for himself, Hancock, Robin, and Orochimaru, then decided to sell civilian goods to cover research costs.
• Vegapunk chose Robin to handle the business side of his inventions and gather funds.

Vegapunk tested a Sage Mode Potion on Hancock, then made more Sage Seals for himself and Robin as the group continued its research. Months later, mounting pressure forced Sunagakure to begin paying Sea Ninja Village compensation, and Pakura woke during the delivery of the first installment.

• Vegapunk applied the Sage Mode Potion to Hancock, who gained a noticeable increase in strength and Chakra.
• Vegapunk studied Hancock’s cells, made Sage Mode Potions for himself and Robin, and left Orochimaru to produce his own Sage Pill and Sage Seal.
• Orochimaru gathered more rare materials and obtained a Sage Seal from Vegapunk, while the shortage of materials kept others from receiving the enhancement.
• Sunagakure faced growing pressure from the Wind Country Daimyo to reclaim the occupied coast, so Rasa accelerated negotiations and sent the first compensation installment.
• Pakura woke as a dark-complexioned middle-aged man delivered Sealing Scrolls containing funds and materials, and she realized Sunagakure had paid heavily.

Pakura learned that Sunagakure had betrayed her and delivered her to Sea Ninja Village for research. Trapped in a laboratory where an interference device blocked her release techniques, she attacked Vegapunk but found herself overpowered and left hanging upside down.

• Pakura discovered that Sunagakure had poisoned her and arranged to trade her to Sea Ninja Village as compensation for peace.
• Sunagakure’s dark-skinned ninja had Pakura sealed and drugged before she was taken away.
• Pakura awoke in an advanced laboratory and learned that an External Chakra Energy Interference Device prevented her from using release techniques.
• Pakura attacked Vegapunk with taijutsu, but he remained unmoved and caught her legs when she tried to throw him.
• Pakura blushed and demanded that Vegapunk let go of her.

Vegapunk restrained Pakura and examined her Scorch Release, explaining that he wanted to study it and use it in his experiments. He rejected the former Kirigakure ninjas’ plan to use her to produce a Scorch Release clan, then teased Pakura by saying he had come up with a better plan for her.

• Vegapunk immobilized Pakura on an iron bed and told her he wanted to study her Kekkei Genkai.
• Pakura recognized Vegapunk from the intelligence reports about him and questioned why he wanted to examine her Scorch Release.
• Vegapunk connected Pakura to machines, monitored her Chakra, and tested her blood while recording the results.
• Pakura asked Vegapunk what he planned to do with her, and he described the former Kirigakure ninjas’ plan to use her to produce Kekkei Genkai descendants.
• Vegapunk said he had rejected that plan as inefficient, then teased Pakura by claiming he had a better use for her.

Vegapunk persuaded Pakura to work with him and become a puppet Kazekage in Sunagakure, revealing that Rasa had sent her away as a political threat. Pakura agreed despite distrusting Vegapunk, and he decided her strength would need to grow since she had no trusted subordinates to support her.

• Vegapunk told Pakura that Rasa had sent her to the Sea Ninja Village because her strength and prestige threatened his position as Kazekage.
• Pakura condemned Rasa and, after Vegapunk offered her a chance to take revenge by becoming Kazekage, agreed to work with him.
• Vegapunk warned Pakura that refusing could leave her with no choice but to start a Kekkei Genkai clan in the Sea Ninja Village.
• Vegapunk asked Pakura about her trusted subordinates in Sunagakure, and she admitted she had none, aside from a young apprentice.
• Vegapunk concluded that Pakura needed to become two or three times stronger to compete for the Kazekage position.

Vegapunk activated Pakura’s enhancement serum and gave her true Magnetic Release, demonstrating that he could suppress the power because the device used material from his own body. Pakura realized how valuable his research was and began to entertain troubling thoughts about him.

• Pakura worried about the radical modifications Vegapunk was preparing for her.
• Vegapunk injected Pakura with the modification serum and activated it by adjusting the magnetic field around her bed.
• Pakura discovered she could control nearby metal naturally and learned from Vegapunk that she had gained true Magnetic Release.
• Pakura recognized Vegapunk’s ability to produce Kekkei Genkai as more important than the prestige of a Kage and began to consider acting against him.
• Vegapunk overwhelmed Pakura’s magnetic control and explained that her artificial magnetic field device had been made from material from his own body.