Chapter Summaries

Mizukage Yagura unleashed the Three-Tails, Isobu, to turn the battle against Konoha, while his Water Mirror Technique kept Mitarashi Kiyoshi from intervening. Kyosuke reached Isobu with Blue Serpent, entered Sage Mode, and struck the beast, but the fight continued as his Sage Mode time ran short.

• Kyosuke used Chidori to kill a Hozuki Clan ninja and used the unconscious Hozuki Mangetsu to draw in more enemies.
• Yagura sent his Shadow Guards to delay Mitarashi Kiyoshi and carried an unconscious youth toward the Eastern Army, where Isobu erupted onto the battlefield.
• Yagura blocked Kiyoshi with Water Mirror Clones, and Kiyoshi sent a messenger to order Kyosuke to stop the Three-Tails.
• Kyosuke summoned Blue Serpent and rode it toward Isobu, sending the Konoha reinforcements back to fight the Mist Ninja.
• Isobu struck Blue Serpent, forcing it to return to Ryūchi Cave, while Kyosuke entered Sage Mode and attacked Isobu with Flame Dragon Strike and Blinding Blaze.
• Kyosuke continued attacking the dazed Isobu and worried that his Sage Mode would run out before he could stop it.

Kyosuke struggled to stop the Three-Tails until Might Duy opened the Seventh Gate and struck it down with Morning Tiger. Kyosuke killed the defeated Jinchuriki, causing the Three-Tails to dissipate and ending its rampage.

• Might Duy and Gai arrived, and Duy encouraged his son to keep moving forward without regret.
• The Three-Tails knocked Kyosuke out of Sage Mode, but Kyosuke recovered and wounded it with his Immovable Flame Slash.
• As the Three-Tails prepared to fire a Tailed Beast Ball toward the Konoha ninjas, Duy opened the Sixth Gate and redirected the attack with Evening Phoenix.
• Duy opened the Seventh Gate and struck the Three-Tails with Morning Tiger, blasting it into a crater before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Kyosuke found the gravely wounded Jinchuriki and killed him, causing the Three-Tails to dissipate.

Kyosuke defeated the Three-Tails, then returned to the battlefield and helped the Konoha forces fight Yagura. After Yagura killed Mitarashi Kiyoshi and Kyosuke wounded him, Yagura retreated, and the Eastern Army drove the Mist Ninja from the Land of Whirlpools.

• Kyosuke left Might Duy and his son to rest after defeating the Three-Tails and returned to the battlefield, where he told the Konoha forces that the beast and its Jinchuriki were dead.
• Enraged by the Three-Tails’ defeat, Yagura trapped Kyosuke, Mitarashi Kiyoshi, and nearby ninjas in a massive Water Prison, and Kyosuke led the others out with a water dragon.
• Mitarashi Kiyoshi stayed behind to confront Yagura, but Yagura captured and killed him after the Konoha forces shattered the Water Prison.
• Kyosuke attacked Yagura and wounded him, then Yagura forced back the pursuing Konoha ninjas and escaped with the Mist Ninja who came to rescue him.
• The Eastern Army breached the Mist Ninja camp, seized supplies, and drove the remaining Mist Ninja from the Land of Whirlpools.

After the war, Kyosuke recovered from his injuries and used the lull to pursue a Sharingan skill scroll while studying Konoha’s Forbidden Jutsu Scroll. By the end of Konoha’s Year 43, he had mastered several techniques, but he expected to face the Rock Ninja and the hidden Madara Uchiha soon.

• Kirigakure demanded the return of its prisoners and Kyosuke’s captured ninja blades, and Hyuga Hiashi negotiated an exchange for two months later.
• Kyosuke recovered from Yagura’s attack and repeatedly cleared Instance Dungeons in search of the final Sharingan skill scroll, but he did not find it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Eastern Army to return the prisoners and blades, then gave Kyosuke a copy of the Forbidden Jutsu Scroll after Kyosuke requested access to forbidden techniques.
• Kyosuke began learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, mastered Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, and prioritized the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• By the end of Konoha’s Year 43, Kyosuke had mastered several Forbidden Techniques and secret Water Release techniques, while anticipating the Rock Ninja’s attack and Madara Uchiha’s threat beneath Kannabi Bridge.

Kyosuke defeated Mangekyō Sasuke in the Instance Dungeon with a trap involving Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags. After receiving a Sharingan reward and using two additional Sharingan scrolls, Kyosuke awakened a powerful new level of Eye Power.

• Kyosuke used mist and Shadow Clones to evade Sasuke’s Amaterasu and draw him into dropping Susanoo.
• Kyosuke’s surprise sword attack was stopped by Sasuke’s Chidori Stream and Susanoo, but the clash let Kyosuke attach an Exploding Tag to Susanoo.
• Kyosuke used Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags to overwhelm Sasuke, who died despite evolving Susanoo to its Second Stage.
• Kyosuke cleared the Instance Dungeon and received rewards including Sharingan, then used two more Sharingan scrolls.
• Kyosuke felt his Eye Power surge and laughed as his eyes underwent a dramatic change.

As Konoha fought on multiple fronts, the Rock Ninja launched a surprise invasion of Grass Country, forcing Hiruzen Sarutobi to mobilize underage ninjas and suppress opposition to strengthen the army. Konoha halted the Rock Ninja’s advance with four thousand troops, but Hiruzen judged its elite forces still inadequate and sent orders to Kyosuke.

• The Cloud Ninja committed its full army against Konoha, while Kyosuke remained at the Land of Whirlpools garrison and studied the Flying Thunder God Technique to prepare for Madara Uchiha.
• The Mist Ninja gathered forces near the Land of Whirlpools but spent a month harassing Konoha without attacking, keeping Kyosuke’s unit from reinforcing the northern battlefield.
• The Rock Ninja secretly assembled an army and declared war in late June, attacking Konoha’s outpost in Grass Country after Ōnoki ignored Danzo’s message.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi called on Orochimaru to send reinforcements, and Orochimaru dispatched about five hundred men led by Ukyo Uchiha to Grass Country.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi suppressed opposition and sent underage ninjas to the front; by the end of July, Konoha had assembled four thousand troops in the Northwest Battlefield and halted the Rock Ninja’s advance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi judged that Konoha still lacked high-end combat power and sent orders to forces in various locations, including Kyosuke.

Kyosuke learned that the Uchiha Clan had been forced into the Rock Ninja War and decided to assassinate Yagura before rushing to support them. He infiltrated the Mist Ninja camp and used his newly awakened Mangekyō ability to turn aside Yagura’s counterattack, leaving their battle underway.

• Kyosuke read Hiruzen Sarutobi’s secret order and the Uchiha Clan’s letter, learning that Uchiha Nagisa and the Second Elder had gone to war.
• Kyosuke gathered five members of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Shadow Guard Squad and two Secret Ninja to prepare for an assassination of Yagura.
• Kyosuke’s group infiltrated the Mist Ninja camp on Small Snake and attacked Yagura’s tent after Kyosuke entered Level 2 Sage Mode.
• Kyosuke emerged from the flames and charged Yagura, who tried to trade blows with his Coral Staff.
• Kyosuke awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used his left-eye ability, Distortion, to redirect Yagura’s staff strike.

Kyosuke battled Yagura, who unleashed his devastating Million Waves technique after being pushed back by Kyosuke’s attacks. Kyosuke survived behind his Third Stage Susanoo, leaving Yagura stunned as the battle continued.

• Kyosuke wounded Yagura and countered his Water Release attacks with Hard Vortex Water Blade.
• Yagura unleashed Million Waves, forcing the Mist Ninja Forces and concealed fighters to flee beyond its range.
• Kyosuke summoned Second Stage Susanoo, then strengthened it with Crow Tengu Armor to withstand Yagura’s attack.
• Yagura detonated the compressed sphere, covering the island in water blades and devastating it for three minutes.
• Minazuki Saya and Hozuki Mangetsu kept the Mist Ninjas from returning to the island while Yagura recovered.
• Kyosuke emerged in his Susanoo and told Yagura that Million Waves had not defeated him.

Kyosuke defeated and killed Mizukage Yagura with Susanoo, then led his team in escaping the island. Yagura’s death threw Kirigakure’s leaders into competition for the Mizukage position while Kyosuke’s group broke free.

• Yagura tried to flee, but Kyosuke used Distortion to force him back into the fight.
• Kyosuke’s Susanoo cut through Yagura’s Water Dragon and Water Formation Wall, severed his right arm, and blocked his Coral Staff attack.
• Kyosuke killed Yagura with Yasaka Beads, then dispelled Susanoo and ordered his team to break out.
• A sensory ninja found a route with few Mist Ninja, and Kyosuke led the group off the island.
• Minazuki Saya and Hozuki Mangetsu learned that Yagura was dead and began signaling their clans as Kirigakure’s powerful figures prepared to vie for the Mizukage position.

Hiruzen and the other Konoha leaders learned that Kyosuke had killed Mizukage Yagura and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, prompting debate over whether he could be trusted. As Kyosuke prepared to lead the Eastern Army toward Grass Country, Madara ordered White Zetsu to target Kyosuke’s cousin and considered using Uchiha Nagisa.

• Hiruzen received word that Kyosuke had slain Yagura and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and the Konoha leaders argued over the risks of his new power.
• Hiruzen ordered Kyosuke to lead his forces to the Northwest Battlefield after the Mist Ninja withdrew, while Danzo hoped the Mangekyō’s use would eventually make Kyosuke go blind.
• Kirigakure fell into infighting after Yagura’s death, and Kyosuke sent intelligence about the conflict back to Konoha.
• At the end of September, Kyosuke led the Eastern Army toward Grass Country as news of Yagura’s death spread across the ninja world.
• Madara learned that Kyosuke’s cousin Hiroji was nearby and ordered White Zetsu to kill him, then asked about Uchiha Nagisa, a girl close to Kyosuke.

Uchiha Nagisa fought on the Konoha border, using Water Release and Genjutsu to defeat Rock Ninja while her grandfather worried about her extremism. As Nagisa continued toward another battlefield under guard, Kyosuke remained five days away and a hidden shadow approached her.

• The Second Elder fought Rock Ninja while waiting for Kyosuke and praised the news that he had slain the Mizukage.
• Nagisa defeated three Rock Ninja with her Water Whip and False Surroundings Technique, then endured her grandfather's warning.
• Nagisa asked when Kyosuke would arrive and left to fight, prompting the Second Elder to send seven Secret Ninja to protect her.
• The Second Elder worried that the battlefield would worsen Nagisa's extreme temperament and hoped Kyosuke could help her.
• Nagisa gained a fearsome reputation among lower-ranked troops as she fought under the protection of the seven Secret Ninja.
• A shadow secretly approached Nagisa while Kyosuke remained five days from the Northwest Battlefield.

Han led a surprise assault toward Konoha’s Medical Corps while Tou Shinin’s squad infiltrated the Land of Fire to destroy the Northwest Corps’ supply lines. Tobi confronted Tou Shinin, and Han’s forces were intercepted outside the Medical Corps as battle loomed.

• Han studied intelligence maps, ordered a surprise assault, and sent Tou Shinin to lead a covert mission against Konoha’s supply lines.
• Inoichi Yamanaka learned that Han had entered the battlefield and alerted the Konoha units, requesting that Kyosuke Uchiha reach the front as quickly as possible.
• The Northwest Corps located Han near the Medical Corps and sent fighters to reinforce its guards, but failed to notice Tou Shinin’s infiltrating squad.
• Tobi appeared before Tou Shinin’s squad, revealed his Wood Release, and attacked the Iwagakure Jonin with a binding technique.
• Hizashi Hyuga, Ukyo Uchiha, Shikaku Nara, and Choza Akimichi intercepted Han’s squad outside the Medical Corps, where a fierce battle was about to begin.

Han charged through Konoha’s defenses toward the Medical Corps camp, overpowering its defenders until they coordinated against his Tailed Beast Transformation. Elsewhere, Tobi killed Tou Shinin’s squad, captured Tou Shinin, and prepared to use White Zetsu clones in an attack.

• Han used Steam Armor and Steam Rush to knock aside Hizashi Hyuga, Choza Akimichi, Shikaku Nara, and Ukyo Uchiha, then charged toward the Medical Corps camp.
• Ukyo Uchiha chased Han with Chidori, but Han smashed through the lightning with a punch and sent Ukyo flying until Choza Akimichi caught him.
• Han defeated Hizashi Hyuga’s Heavenly Spin with Boil Release: Monstrous Strength, leaving Hizashi badly injured.
• Shikaku Nara used the Shadow Imitation Technique to link Han to Choza Akimichi, who enlarged himself and struck Han with Super Multi-Size Technique, but Han transformed and broke free.
• Tobi killed everyone in Tou Shinin’s squad except Tou Shinin, captured the unconscious Tou Shinin, and watched White Zetsu clones transform into the squad members.

Kyosuke and Might Duy set out to support the Northwest Corps after the Rock Ninja’s Five-Tailed Jinchuriki, Han, entered the battle. Meanwhile, Tobi and White Zetsu abducted Uchiha Nagisa and lured the Second Elder toward a staged confrontation with Rock Ninja reinforcements.

• Kyosuke received an urgent request for help from the Northwest Corps and asked Might Duy to accompany him.
• A disguised Rock Ninja squad attacked Uchiha Nagisa, and her grief awakened her three-tomoe Sharingan as she struck one attacker down.
• Tobi overpowered Nagisa and had White Zetsu impersonate a wounded Secret Ninja to report that Rock Ninja had abducted her.
• The Second Elder gathered Uchiha ninjas and pursued the supposed kidnappers while the disguised Secret Ninja slipped away.
• Tobi arranged a staged encounter between the Second Elder and Rock Ninja reinforcements, who grew eager after learning Nagisa was an important Uchiha.
• The Second Elder caught up with the group and announced his arrival.

Choza Akimichi used Butterfly Mode to repel Tailed Beast Transformation Han and protect his companions, though he collapsed from the effort. Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka investigated signs that Han’s attack was a diversion, and the chapter ended with the Uchiha pursuit team missing and Kyosuke Uchiha rushing to support them.

• Choza Akimichi swallowed the Red Chili Pill and, aided by Hizashi Hyuga, forced Han’s Tailed Beast Ball into the sky, where it exploded.
• Choza struck Tailed Beast Transformation Han with Butterfly Bomb Blast, sending him crashing into a hill before collapsing himself.
• Shikaku Nara confirmed that Han had been driven off and warned Inoichi Yamanaka that the attack might conceal another objective.
• Inoichi Yamanaka learned that Rock Ninja had clashed with the Uchiha Clan and abducted an important member, then sent a team to investigate.
• The investigation found Rock Ninja corpses but no Uchiha Clan members, as Kyosuke Uchiha raced to provide support.

Uchiha Nagisa woke in an underground cavern and remembered how Tou Shinin had defeated her grandfather and captured the Uchiha group before throwing her into a river. She tried to rise and save her grandfather but passed out again, while Tobi addressed someone as Madara.

• Uchiha Nagisa recalled the Second Elder confronting Tou Shinin, who broke free of his Genjutsu and started a battle between the Rock Ninja and the Uchiha.
• Nagisa broke her hand to escape her ropes and attacked Tou Shinin with her Water Flow Whip, but he overpowered her and took her hostage.
• Tou Shinin crushed Nagisa's injured hand to force the Second Elder to surrender, then had the Uchiha captured.
• Tou Shinin threw Nagisa into a river and struck her with an Earth Dragon Bullet.
• Nagisa woke in an underground cavern, tried to get up to save her grandfather, and lost consciousness again as Tobi spoke to Madara.

Uchiha Nagisa woke in an underground cave after Madara Uchiha and White Zetsu saved her, and she began learning to control the Hashirama Cells grafted into her arm. Meanwhile, Han accepted Tou Shinin’s plan to lure the enemy despite his injuries.

• Nagisa woke in the cave, learned that Madara Uchiha had saved her, and discovered there was no ordinary way out.
• White Zetsu explained that Nagisa could escape by mastering the power in her grafted arm, and she resolved to survive for her family and friends.
• With White Zetsu’s guidance, Nagisa suppressed the Hashirama Cells’ spread through her body.
• At the Rock Ninja frontline headquarters, Tou Shinin reported to the injured Han that the mission had failed, though the Uchiha Clan ninja could still be useful.
• Han agreed to proceed with Tou Shinin’s plan to lure the enemy.

Kyosuke arrived at the Northwest Corps base and learned that Uchiha Nagisa was presumed dead and the Second Elder and other clansmen were hostages in the Grass Country. Enraged but eerily calm, he left alone to rescue them, while the others prepared support.

• Kyosuke and Might Duy arrived at the Northwest Corps base, where Hiashi Hyuga and Ukyo Uchiha briefed them on the battle against the Rock Ninja.
• Kyosuke entered the command tent and saw the wounded Choza Akimichi and Shikaku Nara before a Secret Ninja arrived with news of the hostages and Nagisa's suspected death.
• Kyosuke released a powerful killing intent, demanded to know where the hostages were held, and threatened Ukyo for concealing the information.
• Shikaku told Kyosuke that the Second Elder and the others were held in a Grass Country canyon and that the Rock Ninja demanded Kyosuke come alone.
• Kyosuke took a map and left the tent, while Hiashi told Ukyo to send an elite squad after him and prepare to provide support.

Uchiha Nagisa awakened immense power from her fusion with Hashirama Cells and left Madara’s cave to rescue her grandfather. Meanwhile, Kyosuke entered a Rock Ninja ambush in Grass Country, unaware that the disguised Tou Shinin had arranged the trap.

• Nagisa’s Hashirama Cells merged rapidly with her body, healing her wounds and awakening a powerful Sage Body.
• Nagisa shattered a huge boulder with Monstrous Strength, then accepted Tobi’s help to travel toward her grandfather’s rescue.
• In Grass Country, the disguised Tou Shinin prepared an ambush with more than two hundred Rock Ninja and withdrew underground as Kyosuke approached.
• Kyosuke killed the Rock Ninja he encountered on his way to the canyon, then entered the ambush without hesitation.

Kyosuke reached the canyon and found the Second Elder and the captured Uchiha, then unleashed his fury on the Rock Ninja. He slaughtered dozens with Susanoo before the survivors discovered a gap beneath its feet, and Kyosuke answered their Earth Release attack with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

• Kyosuke reached the canyon, saw the captured Uchiha and the despairing Second Elder, and vowed to kill the Rock Ninja.
• Kyosuke killed the Rock Ninja who stepped forward, then the squad captain ordered the remaining forces to attack.
• Kyosuke activated his second-stage Susanoo and used Chains of the Abyss to kill more than twenty Rock Ninja in one strike.
• Kyosuke wielded two Susanoo swords and suppressed the Rock Ninja, killing several with each attack.
• A Rock Ninja spotted that Kyosuke's feet lacked Chakra protection, so the Rock Ninja raised Earth Spikes and forced him into the air.
• Kyosuke cut through the Earth Spikes and cast the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.