Recaps

Chiyue and Minato devastated Kirigakure, while the attack and a supply scandal intensified Konoha’s leadership tensions. After Chiyue helped Kakashi improve his sword training, he returned to the front, where Orochimaru assigned him to stop enemies in the Land of Bears with Uchiha Fugaku’s clan in support.

• Chiyue infiltrated Kirigakure, summoned Minato, and destroyed the Mizukage’s office and much of the village before they escaped.
• Jiraiya and Chiyue debated Konoha’s leadership, while Chiyue warned that Orochimaru and Danzo were cooperating and that Hatake Sakumo was being pushed aside.
• Tsunade exposed Danzo’s forged supply requests, and the Third Hokage stripped Danzo of his positions and ordered Root members apprehended.
• Orochimaru assigned Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki to track the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, but they found that the surviving swordsmen had fled the Land of Fire.
• Chiyue told Tsunade about Jiraiya’s suggestion that she become Fourth Hokage, but Tsunade refused and decided to investigate Orochimaru and Danzo.
• Chiyue trained Kakashi in lethal swordsmanship, correcting his habit of holding back, and Hatake Sakumo recognized the value of the lesson.
• Chiyue returned to the frontline as Kirigakure attacked the Land of Eddies camp, then reported that the surviving Seven Ninja Swordsmen had fled.
• Orochimaru sent Chiyue to hold and eliminate enemies in the Land of Bears, assigning Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Clan members to support him.

Chiyue and the Uchiha defended the Land of Bears, defeating Kirigakure forces and the Kaguya Clan while Danzo’s schemes drove Hatake Sakumo toward retirement. As Kirigakure launched a massive assault on Konoha’s coast, the story left the defenders facing enormous waves.

• Chiyue led the Uchiha against Hozuki Jiro’s force in the Land of Bears, captured Jiro, and learned that Uchiha Fugaku’s Mangekyo could show him glimpses of the future.
• Yagura sent the Kaguya Clan against Chiyue, but Chiyue used Susanoo to defeat Kaguya Hono while the Uchiha routed the rest of the clan.
• Orochimaru sent one hundred reinforcements to Chiyue and learned that Chiyue’s Mangekyo Sharingan had appeared, while Danzo prepared to act on their agreement.
• Danzo spread rumors blaming Hatake Sakumo for the war, and Sakumo submitted a retirement request so he could stay home and raise Kakashi.
• Chiyue publicly named Danzo as the source of the rumors, and his denunciation spread through Konoha’s camps as Orochimaru declined to suppress it.
• The Third Kazekage accepted Yagura’s invitation to ally with Kirigakure, and Kirigakure prepared a full-scale assault to prove its sincerity to Sunagakure.
• Minato warned Chiyue that Kirigakure was gathering warships, while Orochimaru and Jiraiya prepared Konoha’s defenses at Coastline Camp.
• Yagura ordered Kirigakure’s ninja to combine water techniques, sending enormous waves toward Konoha’s coastline.

After Kirigakure’s tailed beasts devastated Konoha’s coastal forces, Chiyue returned to the village and led an army against Sunagakure. The arc ended with Chiyue confronting Pakura near the border as Sunagakure prepared for war.

• Orochimaru’s forces were overwhelmed when the Three-Tails and Six-Tails broke free, but Chiyue drove off the Three-Tails while Konoha retreated and regrouped.
• Chiyue patrolled the undermanned coastal front as Kirigakure held back, while Sunagakure attacked Konoha’s border outposts.
• Tsunade took control of Konoha’s war preparations, sought Hatake Sakumo’s return, and told Chiyue she intended to become Hokage.
• Chiyue led a thousand Konoha shinobi toward the Sunagakure front, with Hatake Sakumo and Shikaku Nara declining senior command roles.
• Chiyue established a camp near the border and assigned Hatake Sakumo to patrol while Shikaku handled the camp’s affairs.
• Hatake Sakumo met the Third Kazekage and warned him that someone else would be more suited to deal with him, then later admitted he had invented Chiyue’s ruthless reputation to provoke the Kazekage.
• The Third Kazekage warned Rasa and Pakura not to underestimate Hatake Sakumo, while Pakura encouraged her squad by promising Sunagakure would win.
• Chiyue secretly listened to Pakura’s squad and challenged her confidence in victory, startling her teammates.

Chiyue captured Pakura, used her markers to lure the Third Kazekage into a duel, and killed him with Scorpion’s help. As Sunagakure searched for its missing leader, Kushina left Konoha and arrived at Chiyue’s camp.

• Chiyue captured Pakura and brought her to the Konoha camp, where Shikaku Nara spread rumors that Sunagakure had branded her a traitor.
• Chiyue left camp with Pakura, used her escape marks to draw out Sunagakure shinobi, and offered Scorpion the Third Kazekage’s corpse in exchange for his help.
• The Third Kazekage followed Pakura’s marks to Chiyue’s cave, where Chiyue and Scorpion faced him and Chiyue killed him with Susanoo’s lance.
• Chiyue gave the Third Kazekage’s body to Scorpion and returned to camp with Pakura, then arranged for Sunagakure to blame Scorpion for the assassination.
• Tsunade announced the Third Kazekage’s death, while Kushina learned that Pakura was close to Chiyue and left Konoha to join him.
• Chiyue warned Hatake Sakumo and Shikaku Nara that Iwagakure might enter the war and revealed that Kushina was coming as Konoha’s reinforcement.
• Chiyo learned Scorpion had disappeared and sent Anbu to search for him and the Third Kazekage, while Rasa stayed in camp as Sunagakure’s hoped-for successor.
• Kushina arrived at Chiyue’s camp, leaped into his arms, and wondered where Pakura was as she followed him to headquarters.