Chapter Summaries

After Iwagakure voted to prepare for war, Roshi chose to stay behind while Han agreed to join the mission, and Roshi reflected on his troubled bond with the Four-Tails. Meanwhile, Kurotsuchi and Yugito argued over a movie before Senya brought them back to the inn, where their disagreement continued.

• Ōnoki announced that 103 shinobi had voted yes, 54 had voted no, and 27 had abstained, then ordered Iwagakure to prepare for war.
• Roshi decided to remain near the village, while Han agreed to take part in the mission and said his strength had grown since earning Kokuō's recognition.
• Son Goku complained that Roshi refused to call him by his full name, and Roshi reflected on how his painful past kept him from becoming friends with the Four-Tails.
• Kurotsuchi cried over Princess Fengyun's fate, while Yugito argued that the princess's weakness made her own suffering unsurprising, and Kurotsuchi followed her out of the screening room.
• Senya caught Yugito when Kurotsuchi ran into her, then took both women to the inn and asked what had caused their quarrel.
• Kurotsuchi defended Princess Fengyun's sheltered upbringing, while Yugito criticized her for failing to resist when danger came.

Senya explained to Yugito Nii and Kurotsuchi that their disagreement over Princess Fengyun’s movie came from its creators’ subjective choices, calming them down and inviting them to barbecue. At Konoha Hospital, Jiraiya waited anxiously for Tingxiang’s operation and promised to bring her Ichiraku Ramen afterward.

• Senya stopped Yugito Nii and Kurotsuchi from arguing and said both of their interpretations of the movie were right and wrong.
• Senya blamed the screenwriter and director for the movie’s divisive and unreasonable elements, and Yugito Nii and Kurotsuchi calmed down.
• Senya invited Yugito Nii and Kurotsuchi to go out for barbecue as the hour grew late.
• At Konoha Hospital, Jiraiya fretted while Tingxiang waited for her operation and Shizuka reviewed the Medical Transfer Technique.
• Tingxiang told Jiraiya she had heard Konoha had a good ramen shop, and Jiraiya offered to bring her Ichiraku Ramen after her operation.

After Tingxiang agreed to Jiraiya’s proposal, he fretted over his age and resolved not to miss his chance with her again. Tsunade and Shizune successfully operated on Tingxiang, and Jiraiya stayed by her side, eager to care for her as she recovered.

• Tingxiang agreed, and Jiraiya rushed to the restroom, flushed and overwhelmed by his feelings for her.
• Jiraiya regretted the years he had lost, then vowed to seize this chance and slapped himself across the face.
• Tsunade and Shizune mistook Jiraiya’s handprints for a slap from Tingxiang before beginning her surgery.
• Jiraiya waited anxiously through the night, and Shizune told him the surgery had succeeded and Tingxiang needed three days to recover.
• Tingxiang told Jiraiya she was hungry, so he leaped from the window to fetch Ichiraku Ramen and returned to feed her.
• Shizuka watched Jiraiya care for Tingxiang and wondered whether her master planned to date him.

Ōnoki negotiated with Fuzishou Tingxiang over Iwagakure’s contract to clear the former Otogakure site, while Senya and Jiraiya supervised on behalf of the Ninja Association and Konoha. At Orochimaru’s abandoned base, Orochimaru returned with Kimimaro and Guren to retrieve their people, and Kimimaro confronted the berserk Jugo.

• Ōnoki tried to send Senya away, but Senya and Jiraiya each explained why they were attending as observers.
• Fuzishou Tingxiang described the wandering ninja forces in the former Otogakure territory and offered Iwagakure ninety million ryo to clear them out.
• Ōnoki and Fuzishou Tingxiang haggled for nearly two and a half hours before agreeing on a payment of three hundred million ryo.
• At Orochimaru’s old base, Guren explained that uprisings had left few people there, and Kimimaro asked Orochimaru to bring Jugo with them.
• Orochimaru promised Kimimaro that they would take Jugo back, and Kimimaro broke open Jugo’s sealed room and restrained him after he went berserk.

Kimimaro subdued Jugo and reunited with Orochimaru, who discovered Karin had left to pursue Senya. Orochimaru and his allies evacuated their laboratory before Nadeshiko Village and Iwagakure began clearing out the wandering ninja at Otogakure’s former site.

• Kimimaro beat Jugo out of his rampage, then Jugo greeted him and Orochimaru before fainting from Chakra exhaustion.
• Orochimaru learned Karin had left to pursue her destined man and found her collection of Senya posters and eight strands of her hair.
• Orochimaru guessed that Senya was Karin’s destined man and doubted she could become his wife because Senya liked well-endowed women.
• Orochimaru, Guren, Jugo, and several researchers packed up the laboratory and hurried toward Konoha.
• Nadeshiko Village and Iwagakure ninja harassed the wandering ninja at Otogakure’s former site, while Nadeshiko Shizuka used hallucinogens to make two of them fight until their shelter exploded.

Senya gave Ōnoki advice for fighting rogue ninja in street battles, then secretly arranged to make Iwagakure pay through trade adjustments after Ōnoki refused to pay a friends' fee. A month later, Dosu and the remaining Sound Ninja weighed surrendering or fleeing after Iwagakure’s tactics devastated their forces.

• Ōnoki asked Senya for a way to reduce Iwagakure’s losses in street fighting, and Senya agreed to help without charging him.
• Senya sent a scroll to Yūhi Kurenai through a ninja cat, ordering price changes specifically for trade with Iwagakure.
• Yūhi Kurenai adjusted the trade operations and decided Senya would have to hand over his marital dues when he returned.
• A month later, Dosu, Tayuya, and the remaining Sound Ninja reported their dwindling forces at the former site of Otogakure.
• Dosu concluded that the Sound Ninja had to surrender or flee rather than continue fighting Iwagakure.

Tayuya and the other six members of the Sound Ninja Group chose to flee to the Land of the Moon as Iwagakure and Nadeshiko Village launched their final assault. After the mission ended, Ōnoki hinted that he wanted to claim part of Nadeshiko Village’s land, despite Fuzishou Tingxiang having paid the commission.

• Tayuya, Jirobo, Sakon and Ukon, Kidomaru, Zaku, and Karin voted to abandon their remaining followers and escape under cover of darkness.
• The seven chose the Land of the Moon as their destination and set off after gathering only necessities.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s shinobi to begin the final operation, while Fuzishou Tingxiang sent Nadeshiko Village’s female shinobi to join the cleanup.
• Iwagakure and Nadeshiko Village’s forces wiped out the remaining wandering shinobi and Rogue Ninja, while the seven members of the Sound Ninja Group escaped.
• Fuzishou Tingxiang paid Ōnoki the final mission balance and told him to withdraw, but Ōnoki stayed and hinted that Iwagakure should claim part of Nadeshiko Village’s land.

Ōnoki tried to lease half of Nadeshiko Village’s territory after Hidden Stone Village completed its mission, but Tingxiang rejected him and Jiraiya condemned his greed. Senya confronted Ōnoki with a Mangekyo Genjutsu that made him relive the terror of Uchiha Madara, warning him that he could take only what Konoha allowed.

• Senya stopped Jiraiya from interrupting Ōnoki and told him to watch.
• Ōnoki proposed renting half of Nadeshiko Village’s territory for five years, claiming Hidden Stone Village needed it for trade.
• Tingxiang angrily rejected Ōnoki’s proposal and left the tent, and Jiraiya called him a sanctimonious old bastard before following her.
• Ōnoki tried to justify his proposal to Senya, who accused him of playing them for fools.
• Senya activated his Mangekyo and trapped Ōnoki in a Genjutsu where he faced Uchiha Madara before warning him not to take what Konoha did not give.

Senya left Ōnoki shaken after their confrontation, while Tingxiang and Jiraiya’s mission ended with their long-held feelings finally coming to the surface. After Jiraiya confessed his love, Tingxiang kissed him beneath the stars.

• Senya’s words left Ōnoki furious and resentful, and Ōnoki returned to Hidden Stone Village without celebrating his victory.
• Tingxiang planned to relocate civilians to New Nadeshiko Village after Nadeshiko Shizuka reported that the Rogue Ninja and wandering ninja had been eliminated.
• Jiraiya offended Tingxiang by calling attention to her age, and Senya urged him to make amends with food and wine.
• Jiraiya found Tingxiang by the stream, prepared grilled fish and rabbits, and shared dinner and wine with her.
• Tingxiang confronted Jiraiya about rejecting her in the past, and Jiraiya confessed his love before Tingxiang kissed him.

Two years after Nadeshiko Village relocated, Senya and Tobirama finished developing Chakra Armor in the Land of Snow and departed after restoring the country’s stability. Senya returned to Konoha, where Tsunade confronted him over his many romantic relationships and lost their battle by dawn.

• Nadeshiko Village grew to more than fifty thousand residents, while Jiraiya stayed to protect the border and help its development, and Senya spent two years advancing Sage Chakra techniques.
• In the Land of Snow, Tobirama completed a Chakra Armor prototype that could store roughly three Kakashi’s worth of Chakra and began planning stronger versions.
• Senya and Tobirama told Kazahana Koyuki they were leaving, and Senya invited her to attend Konoha’s Chunin Exams the following year.
• On their voyage back, Senya explained that he had divided his love among multiple women, prompting Tobirama to storm off in disgust.
• After returning to Konoha, Tobirama told Tsunade about Senya’s remarks, and Tsunade confronted Senya that night.
• Senya defeated Tsunade in an all-night battle that also involved Uchiha Hikari.

Senya learned that Obito was building a vast White Zetsu army and gathering the remains of past Jinchuriki to revive the Ten-Tails. After ordering the villages warned, Senya proposed using Yachihoko to mark troops and detect infiltrators, while privately entertaining a plan involving Tsunade.

• At breakfast, Hikari told Senya that Nagato had traced Obito to the Land of the Moon after sensing a struggle over control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Kabuto and Itachi returned from their mission and reported rogue ninja, former Sound Ninja, stolen Jinchuriki remains, and evidence that Obito planned to use Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kabuto revealed that Obito and Black Zetsu had cultivated at least one hundred thousand White Zetsu in an underground cavern beneath the Land of the Moon.
• Senya inferred that Obito intended to gather Tailed Beast Chakra and revive the Ten-Tails, then ordered Itachi to warn the other villages and announced that he would visit Amegakure.
• Tsunade worried about the White Zetsu infiltrating allied forces, so Senya suggested using his Yachihoko ocular technique to mark people and identify or control impostors.
• Tsunade hid behind Shizune when Senya looked at her, while Senya privately imagined using Yachihoko to control her.

Itachi, Kakashi, Guy, and Asuma delivered Senya’s warning about Obito and the Ten-Tails to the Five Great Nations, learning that several villages had concealed stolen Jinchuriki graves. Senya then told Nagato and Konan that Obito might already have gathered the tailed beasts’ Chakra and could be preparing to revive the Ten-Tails.

• Itachi assigned Kakashi, Guy, and Asuma to deliver intelligence to the Raikage, Tsuchikage, and Kazekage while he went to Kirigakure; Senya traveled to the Land of Rain.
• Kakashi set out with Sasuke, Sakura, and Sai, and Sasuke vowed to kill Obito after Kakashi connected the mission to his former friend.
• Sai tried to comfort Sasuke by saying Senya could defeat Obito, angering Sasuke; Kakashi explained that Sai’s words had insulted him unintentionally.
• Itachi gave the Raikage the intelligence, and A admitted that Kumogakure’s former Jinchuriki graves had been robbed.
• Asuma, Kakashi, and Guy learned that Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and Hidden Stone had also concealed stolen graves, while their Kage acknowledged the danger.
• Senya warned Nagato and Konan that Obito might have gathered all the tailed beasts’ Chakra and could use White Zetsu or another method to revive the Ten-Tails.

Senya’s intelligence led Konan to prepare for the coming war, while Black Zetsu and Obito plotted to revive the Ten-Tails during a solar eclipse twenty-three days later. Neither knew Senya had already gained power capable of defeating them and Kaguya.

• Senya warned Konan that Obito had gathered the tailed beasts’ chakra, and Konan began preparing shelters and supplies for war.
• Black Zetsu used Impure World Reincarnation to summon ten souls with White Zetsu sacrifices and Jinchuriki tissue.
• Obito demanded that Black Zetsu revive the Ten-Tails, but Black Zetsu explained that they had to wait for an annular eclipse and planetary alignment twenty-three days later.
• Obito left while plotting to prevent Black Zetsu from using him to revive Madara, and Black Zetsu plotted to seize a Rinnegan and free Kaguya.
• Senya remained unaware to them as a powerful threat, having mastered the Rinnegan and developed senjutsu capable of defeating Kaguya.

Senya addressed the Ninja Association’s leaders about shared development, then warned that Uchiha Obito was trying to start another shinobi war. Rasa recounted his cruelty toward Gaara and pledged Hidden Sand’s forces to defend the peace the Association had helped build.

• Konan opened the expanded Ninja Association meeting, and Senya promised that the Five Great Nations would help smaller villages and countries develop.
• Senya apologized for failing to capture Uchiha Obito and announced that Obito planned to declare war on the Shinobi World.
• Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, and A pledged their villages’ support to Konoha and the Ninja Association against Obito.
• Rasa told the gathering that he had sealed Shukaku into Gaara and repeatedly ordered attempts on his own son’s life.
• Rasa said the Association had helped Hidden Sand secure water and food, then vowed that Hidden Sand would fight Obito with all its forces.

Rasa reconciled with Gaara, but Obito interrupted the gathering and challenged Senya’s authority by accusing the major villages of hiding scandals. Senya answered that the Ninja Association treated its member villages as equals, leaving the gathered leaders confronted with the implication that they viewed Konoha as their superior.

• Rasa apologized to Gaara, who accepted his father’s actions and resolved to leave the past behind.
• Obito appeared at the meeting, phased through A’s attack, and was stopped from crashing into Senya by Senya’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Obito taunted Senya and accused several village leaders of concealing troubling incidents instead of reporting them to Konoha.
• Mifune and the Third Hoshikage questioned Senya about whether the Five Great Nations had deceived smaller countries.
• Senya’s presence made the gathered leaders feel unable to move, and he declared that Ninja Association villages were equals rather than Konoha’s vassals.

Senya exposed Obito’s attempt to sow distrust in the Ninja Association, and Obito announced the start of the Fourth Great Ninja War after the leaders rejected his Moon Eye Plan. Obito escaped to the Land of the Moon, where Black Zetsu returned with the other Rinnegan and a badly wounded body needed for the Ten-Tails’ revival.

• Senya countered Obito’s accusations, prompting Mifune to draw his sword against the Masked Man and denounce him.
• Obito described the Moon Eye Plan and promised to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi after collecting the nine tailed beasts.
• Mei Terumi mocked Obito’s plan, and Chojuro blocked Obito’s gunbai when he threw it at her.
• Obito declared the Fourth Great Ninja War and phased away, having used the meeting to buy time for Black Zetsu to obtain the other Rinnegan.
• Obito met a badly wounded Black Zetsu in the Land of the Moon, and Black Zetsu asked him to put the body into nutrient solution for the Ten-Tails’ revival.

Obito learned that Black Zetsu had failed to take Nagato’s Rinnegan because Nagato was too strong, then announced plans to revive the Ten-Tails and end the war. At the Ninja Association, the shinobi united to form the Allied Shinobi Forces and prepare for the Fourth Great Ninja War.

• Obito revived Black Zetsu in the laboratory, struck him when he struggled to explain himself, and learned that Nagato had driven him off.
• Black Zetsu reported that Nagato had mastered sage techniques and was too strong to defeat, so he had failed to take the Rinnegan.
• Obito said the Fourth Great Ninja War had begun and instructed Black Zetsu to draw the shinobi to Mount Sumeru in the Golden Wheel Mountains to revive the Ten-Tails.
• Black Zetsu silently returned to the nutrient tank and decided to use Obito as the sacrifice to revive his mother instead of Madara.
• Nagato told Senya and the Ninja Association that Black Zetsu had been weak and escaped after a few exchanges, while the others gathered after Obito’s departure.
• The shinobi established the Allied Shinobi Forces, appointed Senya supreme commander and selected a shared forehead protector marked with the character “Shinobi.”

Senya showed the Five Kage and Konan Konoha’s new weapons, revealing why the village was confident in the war. The leaders were stunned by Konoha’s chakra-enhancing armor and rifles, while A enthusiastically tested a Gatling gun and asked whether Konoha would sell it.

• Senya and the Five Kage agreed that the Six Permanent Nations would send ninja to fight while the other countries handled logistics for wages.
• Senya brought the Five Kage and Konan to Konoha, where Tsunade promised to show them the source of their confidence.
• Senya revealed more than a hundred suits of Chakra Armor that could provide ordinary jonin with at least three times their usual Chakra.
• At the shooting range, Senya demonstrated the M4a1 Konoha Rifle and explained its range and aiming sights.
• A picked up the Konoha Pacifier Gatling gun, fired it before Senya could finish his warning, and asked whether Konoha was selling it.

Senya demonstrated Konoha’s firearms to the Allied Shinobi leaders and explained his plan to use them in a three-sided invasion of the Land of the Moon. After unveiling the existence of tanks and artillery, he and the leaders finalized the forces and commanders for the coming war.

• A fired a Gatling gun, learned that its ammunition cost twenty-five thousand ryo for five hundred rounds, and praised its firepower.
• Senya said Konoha would not sell firearms and planned to divide the Allied Shinobi Forces into three forces advancing through the Land of Hot Water, Nadeshiko Village, and the Land of Lightning.
• Rasa and Ōnoki supported Senya’s proposal, while Senya revealed that Konoha had also built tanks and artillery.
• Senya demonstrated sniper rifles, pistols, and shotguns before the leaders discussed personnel assignments for the war.
• The leaders named Nagato, Kitsuchi, and Darui commanders of the three forces, Kakashi captain of the Raid Force, and assigned intelligence and sensory duties to their respective teams.

Senya assembled the Allied Shinobi Forces and launched their attack on the Land of the Moon, using Yachihoko to mark every allied shinobi and prevent White Zetsu infiltration. Obito and Black Zetsu prepared thousands of reanimated fighters, unaware that Senya’s precautions would soon cost the White Zetsu half their numbers.

• Senya began the final mobilization as the three allied armies gathered under Nagato, Kitsuchi, and Darui.
• Senya rallied the shinobi, ordered them to protect their comrades, and declared the Fourth Great Ninja War underway.
• Senya used Yachihoko through the chakra-transmitting screen to mark the Allied Shinobi Forces and make White Zetsu infiltrators identifiable.
• A White Zetsu informed Obito and Black Zetsu that the allied armies were attacking the Land of the Moon from three directions.
• Black Zetsu summoned thousands of fighters with Impure World Reincarnation, while Obito chose to delay summoning Madara.
• Obito expected the White Zetsu infiltrators to sow chaos, unaware Senya’s technique would soon cut their numbers in half.