Recaps

Chiyue’s display of White’s power secured Konoha’s position, while Tsunade became Hokage and began pushing a census that divided the clans. The arc left Konoha negotiating costly intelligence deals with neighboring villages as war preparations continued.

• Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo secured Uchiha Fugaku’s promise to keep the Uchiha Clan stable, while Fugaku revealed that he had foreseen its destruction at Danzo’s hands.
• Chiyue and A faced off at Training Ground Four, where White overwhelmed A and Chiyue warned the assembled village delegations against causing trouble.
• Tsunade took office as Hokage, and Chiyue helped White split off a smaller Nine-Tails body so the Nine-Tails could leave the Sealing Space and stay near Kushina.
• Chiyue advised Tsunade to conduct a census of the clans’ shinobi, and Tsunade directed the Uchiha Clan and Ino-Shika-Cho to cooperate while warning Fugaku against a deadly purge of the Hawk Faction.
• Fugaku secured his clan’s cooperation with Tsunade and chose Uchiha Mikoto to teach Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi.
• At Tsunade’s census meeting, the Uchiha Clan, Ino-Shika-Cho, and Hatake Sakumo agreed to cooperate, while the other clan representatives withheld support.
• Chiyue met with the village representatives, learned that Iwagakure had deployed forces near the Land of Grass, and demanded payment for intelligence, setting higher prices for Kumogakure and Iwagakure.

Chiyue exposed Nagato’s Rinnegan to draw Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu out, while the villages converged on the Land of Rain and Danzo was killed. As Nagato lured the enemy into the open, Uchiha Obito awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after finding Rin Nohara’s bloody body and attacked Orochimaru.

• Tsunade defended the census reforms as clan and civilian tensions rose, while Chiyue arranged a costly exchange of intelligence about perfect Jinchuriki with the other villages.
• Chiyue revealed to Tsunade and the Akatsuki members that Nagato’s Rinnegan had been implanted by Uchiha Madara, and he planned to expose Madara and Black Zetsu.
• Chiyue arranged for Nagato to return to the Land of Rain and spread news of his Rinnegan, drawing the great villages toward Akatsuki while Danzo joined forces with Hanzō.
• Danzo captured Akatsuki members to locate Nagato, but Chiyue and Minato intercepted him, and Danzo died when his Four Symbols Seal exploded.
• The villages raided the Land of Rain and hunted for Nagato, while Minato and Jiraiya helped Chiyue investigate the enemy manipulating him.
• Chiyue told Nagato that Danzo was dead and the villages were closing in, and Nagato chose to lure them toward him to expose Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu.
• Tobi led Uchiha Obito to Orochimaru’s hideout and showed him Rin Nohara’s bloody corpse, prompting Obito to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and attack Orochimaru.

Konoha removed Nagato’s Rinnegan and distributed it to Iwagakure and Kumogakure at a Five Kage Summit, while Tsunade and Chiyue confronted internal clan resistance and Madara’s growing threat. After Black Zetsu stirred chaos in Iwagakure to reach its Rinnegan, Chiyue set out with Kushina and Pakura to help the Land of Earth.

• Orochimaru escaped Black Zetsu’s control and warned Minato, Jiraiya, and Chiyue that Uchiha Madara was alive and intended to use Nagato’s Rinnegan for the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.
• Tsunade removed Nagato’s Rinnegan, and Chiyue secured it with Little White before Tsunade convened a Five Kage Summit in Konoha.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru revealed Madara’s plan to the Kage, then Tsunade negotiated the Rinnegan’s transfer to Iwagakure and Kumogakure in exchange for compensation to the other villages.
• Chiyue challenged the Third Hokage and the elders over their resistance to Tsunade, then helped enforce the census and ordered the arrest and interrogation of Shimura Clan leaders.
• Tsunade secured the Hyuga Clan’s cooperation with the census, while Chiyue refused to return Hyuga Rinne but promised Hiashi that the village would not target the clan if it stayed peaceful.
• Black Zetsu pursued the Rinnegan after learning it had gone to Iwagakure and Kumogakure, while experiments drained recipients’ Chakra and vitality and Konoha exposed the villages’ efforts to capture Uchiha ninja.
• Black Zetsu used White Zetsu Tobi and the Third Mizukage to disrupt Iwagakure, but Ōnoki identified the attack as a ploy and requested help from the other villages.
• Tsunade authorized Chiyue to assist Iwagakure, and Chiyue left for the Land of Earth with Kushina and Pakura as Black Zetsu continued pursuing the Rinnegan.

Chiyue helped the villages expose White Zetsu and organize a joint response, but Black Zetsu stole the Rinnegan and revived Uchiha Madara. As Madara’s threat loomed over Kumogakure, Orochimaru revived Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama, bringing them face to face with Tsunade and Konoha.

• Chiyue defended Konoha’s late arrival at the Iwagakure meeting, revealed that Konoha could find hidden White Zetsu, and Kushina helped Ōnoki purge them from the village.
• The Kage formed a Special Action Team under Jiraiya, while Chiyue, Kushina, and Pakura visited Kumogakure and Kirigakure before Yagura ordered his forces to surround the troublesome Kaguya Clan.
• Black Zetsu stole the Rinnegan from Iwagakure and revived Uchiha Madara, while Jiraiya’s team found Madara’s hideout and discovered that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had vanished.
• Chiyue identified the Mangekyō Sharingan attacker as Uchiha Obito and warned Konoha that Madara might target Kumogakure, prompting Tsunade to strengthen its defenses and recall Jiraiya.
• Chiyue kept Jiraiya away from Kumogakure’s danger, while Madara considered going to Konoha and Orochimaru discovered White Zetsu spores watching him.
• Orochimaru used the White Zetsu as sacrifices to revive Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama, but Hashirama broke free and escaped the damaged laboratory with Tobirama and Orochimaru.
• Tsunade, Chiyue, Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, and the Anbu confronted Orochimaru as Hashirama learned that Tsunade was Fourth Hokage and that Tobirama had died in the First Shinobi World War.
• Tsunade approached her grandfathers, Hashirama embraced her, and Chiyue told Nawaki that Hashirama and Tobirama were his grandfathers.