Chapter Summaries

Chiyue fed Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato, three starving war orphans, and challenged Nawaki and Yahiko’s hopes that negotiation could end war. The chapter left Yahiko questioning Chiyue’s claim that peace came from overwhelming strength, while Nawaki realized Chiyue’s example referred to his grandfather, the God of Shinobi.

• Chiyue welcomed Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato into the farmhouse and gave them rice, roasted snake meat, clean clothes, and rations.
• Konan cried when Chiyue urged them to eat carefully, and Nawaki cursed the war while Minato shared his food.
• Nawaki asked why people could not solve problems through negotiation, and Chiyue replied that fists and strength decided conflicts.
• Yahiko asked Chiyue whether war was unavoidable, and Chiyue said that strength could deter others and preserve peace.
• Chiyue cited Nawaki’s grandfather as an example of someone whose power had kept the shinobi world peaceful, and Nawaki suddenly froze.

Chiyue argued that lasting peace depended on overwhelming strength and named the Third Raikage as the strongest shinobi. Yahiko, convinced Chiyue was powerful, asked him to become his master, leaving Chiyue stunned.

• Nagato asked whether peace had to rest on overwhelming strength, and Yahiko countered that Hanzō's strength had not prevented Amegakure from fighting Konoha.
• Chiyue dismissed Hanzō as no demigod and said the Third Raikage was likely the strongest shinobi alive.
• Yahiko asked Chiyue to teach him ninjutsu and become his master, saying he trusted his instincts about Chiyue's strength.
• Nawaki laughed and ran outside after encouraging Yahiko, while Minato excused himself to set traps.
• Yahiko took Nawaki and Minato's reactions as confirmation that his instincts about Chiyue had been right.

Chiyue rejected Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato as disciples but taught them basic Chakra refinement and ninjutsu before leaving with Minato and Nawaki. After finding their mission target abandoned, the team turned back and encountered a large Amegakure ninja force.

• Chiyue refused to take Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato as disciples, but gave them cultivation notes and taught them basic techniques.
• Nagato learned to refine Chakra in less than three hours but kept his success to himself because he distrusted Chiyue.
• Black Zetsu reported Chiyue’s talent and his contact with Nagato to Uchiha Madara, who ordered Black Zetsu to observe him.
• Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki left food and departed, telling the three orphans to find somewhere quiet to hide.
• The team found the Sunagakure camp abandoned and decided to return to camp instead of pursuing the mission.
• White alerted Chiyue to a large ninja force ahead, and Chiyue concluded it belonged to Amegakure.

Chiyue, Nawaki, and Minato fled after learning Amegakure was mobilizing a massive force, and Nawaki summoned Manda to send a warning to Orochimaru. Manda attacked Chiyue when it demanded a sacrifice, but White intervened and crushed it into the ground.

• Chiyue warned Nawaki and Minato that Amegakure's forces were approaching and urged them to return to camp.
• Chiyue told Nawaki to use his Summoned Beast to warn Orochimaru, Tsunade, and the others to prepare for battle.
• Nawaki summoned Manda, who demanded a sacrifice and threatened to eat the three ninja.
• Nawaki and Minato ran off, leaving Chiyue to face Manda as it lunged to bite him.
• White appeared, called Manda a stinking snake, and stomped its upper body into the ground.

Little White revealed its immense power by overpowering Manda, and Chiyue forced the snake to become his Summoned Beast. He sent Manda to warn Orochimaru that Amegakure was surrounding Konoha’s position.

• Little White transformed into a mountain-sized beast and pinned Manda down, shocking Nawaki and Minato.
• Little White began forming a Tailed Beast Ball, but Chiyue stopped it before it could attack Manda.
• Chiyue offered Manda a chance to abandon Orochimaru and become his battle partner, and Little White beat Manda until it agreed to call Chiyue Master.
• Chiyue signed a one-sided Summoning Contract with Manda, making it unable to refuse his summons.
• Chiyue ordered Manda to warn Orochimaru that Amegakure’s main force was surrounding Konoha’s position, and Little White threatened it into leaving at once.

Chiyue’s Summoned Beast White defeated Manda, who then returned to Ryūchi Cave and told Orochimaru that Amegakure was preparing to surround Konoha’s position. Orochimaru confirmed the threat and realized Chiyue had become Manda’s master, leaving Konoha’s commanders to prepare for a decisive battle.

• Chiyue told Nawaki that White had taken Manda, while Nawaki dismissed the idea of contracting with Katsuyu and considered asking Manda about Aoda instead.
• Manda appeared before Orochimaru, warned him that Amegakure was gathering ninja near Konoha’s position, and declared that it would no longer answer Orochimaru’s summons.
• Orochimaru sent a smaller snake to Ryūchi Cave to investigate Manda’s message, while Tsunade urged him and Jiraiya to prepare for an enemy attack.
• Ryūchi Cave confirmed that Amegakure was advancing to surround Konoha, and Orochimaru deduced that Chiyue’s Summoned Beast had defeated Manda and become its master.

Orochimaru requested reinforcements as Konoha and Amegakure prepared for a decisive battle, while Danzo assigned Chiyue’s squad another mission instead of sending them to the front. The chapter ended with Chiyo learning that Konoha and Amegakure were moving toward a major battle.

• Orochimaru requested reinforcements and praised Chiyue’s squad for its contribution to the intelligence effort.
• Danzo approved the reinforcement request, then considered how to gain prestige and credit from the war.
• Minato reported that the Sunagakure camp had relocated, and Danzo excused the failed mission while crediting the squad for its intelligence.
• Danzo assigned Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki another mission, and Chiyue told Nawaki to follow orders rather than worry about reaching the front.
• Little White rebuked Nawaki after he made threatening gestures at Chiyue, while Minato laughed at him.
• An Anbu member told Chiyo that Konoha and Amegakure appeared to be preparing for a decisive battle, and Chiyo bristled at Konoha’s name.

After Chiyo ordered Sunagakure to attack Konoha’s camp when Konoha and Amegakure began fighting, Ōnoki held Iwagakure back because Kumogakure threatened his borders. Chiyue Squad escorted an envoy to Kusagakure, where Chiyue concluded the village mainly wanted Konoha to show support rather than provide real help.

• Chiyo, grieving her son and daughter-in-law’s deaths at Hatake Sakumo’s hands, ordered Sunagakure to surprise-attack Konoha’s camp once Konoha and Amegakure went to war.
• Ōnoki chose not to exploit the fighting because the Third Raikage and Kumogakure threatened to invade the Land of Earth.
• After resting and resupplying, Chiyue Squad left to escort a Kusagakure envoy and clear Iwagakure ninja from the area.
• Nawaki questioned why Konoha had to help Kusagakure, and Chiyue explained that Kusagakure was Konoha’s ally and had helped spark the conflict.
• Chiyue Squad reached Kusagakure and found its streets impoverished and its people unwelcoming.
• Chiyue said Kusagakure wanted Konoha to demonstrate its support, not send a rescue squad to fight Iwagakure.

Chiyue, Minato, and Nawaki ignored Kusagakure’s dismissive treatment and camped outside the village, where they discovered a starving little girl from the Uzumaki Clan. After feeding her, Chiyue warned her not to move while her weakened body recovered.

• Chiyue chose to ignore Kusagakure’s refusal to welcome the squad, and Minato and Nawaki gathered food and firewood for a camp outside the village.
• Shi Ye Xing ordered Kusagakure’s people to disregard the three Konoha children, trusting Danzo’s promise that Konoha would protect the village.
• While the squad ate roasted meat beneath the stars, Chiyue noticed someone hiding in the tall grass and called them out.
• A frightened red-haired girl emerged, and Chiyue realized she was a member of the Uzumaki Clan who had escaped to the Land of Grass.
• Chiyue, Nawaki, and Minato shared their food with the starving girl, and Chiyue told her to rest after she became too weak to move.

Yagami Chiyue told Nawaki and Minato that Konoha had betrayed the Uzumaki Clan, then promised to take the surviving Uzumaki Narumi back to Konoha. As Narumi slept by the campfire, Chiyue began explaining why Konoha had abandoned her clan, leaving Nawaki and Minato ready to hear the harsher truth.

• Yagami Chiyue identified the frightened girl as an Uzumaki and told Nawaki and Minato that Konoha had let the Uzumaki Clan be destroyed while taking its legacy and Kushina for its own purposes.
• Uzumaki Narumi said her family had been killed, gave Chiyue her name, and agreed to trust him.
• Chiyue promised to take Narumi to Konoha, and Nawaki and Minato pledged to help her.
• After Narumi fell asleep, Nawaki asked why Konoha had abandoned the Uzumaki Clan, and Chiyue described the village's concern about provoking a war as the children's version of the truth.
• Nawaki and Minato pointed out that Konoha had later started a war in the Land of Rain, and Chiyue asked whether they still wanted to hear the realistic version.

Chiyue explained why Konoha’s leaders had allowed the Uzumaki Clan to fall and why the villages were heading toward war, leaving Minato and Nawaki shaken by the truth about Kushina’s jinchuriki status. The next day, he sent Manda to deliver a message to Orochimaru and find Nawaki a snake summon, while Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya fought Amegakure ninja in the Land of Rain.

• Chiyue told Minato and Nawaki that Konoha’s leaders had abandoned the Uzumaki Clan to seize its assets and had made Kushina a jinchuriki for the village’s benefit.
• Chiyue explained that the villages’ leaders were driving the coming war, and Minato learned that Konoha was monitoring him and Chiyue because they were close to Kushina.
• Chiyue sent Manda with a scroll for Orochimaru, told him to help during the war if summoned, and asked him to find a young green snake suitable for Nawaki’s summoning contract.
• Manda returned to Ryūchi Cave and sent a small snake to notify Orochimaru and pass on Chiyue’s message.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya fought Amegakure ninja; after Jiraiya was injured, he blamed Orochimaru for not summoning Manda, and Orochimaru nearly attacked him.

Orochimaru summoned Manda to carry Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the remaining Konoha forces out of Amegakure's encirclement. The survivors hid in a cave while Orochimaru and Tsunade noticed that Amegakure had unexpectedly halted its advance.

• Orochimaru received a message that Chiyue, Nawaki, and Minato had found an Uzumaki girl near Kusagakure and needed Tsunade's help bringing her to Konoha.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda, and Tsunade fired a signal flare to gather the Konoha forces for a breakout.
• Manda carried the wounded Konoha ninja through Amegakure's defenses, and Hanzō learned that Orochimaru had summoned him.
• Hanzō ordered Amegakure's forces to ease off, then left camp after considering Sunagakure's movements and a possible raid on Konoha's camp.
• Tsunade treated the wounded while Orochimaru gathered intelligence, and the group hid in a cave until reinforcements arrived.
• Orochimaru and Tsunade observed that Amegakure had stopped pursuing them and suspected something was wrong.

Hanzō forced Chiyo to supply Amegakure by threatening to make peace with Konoha and expose Sunagakure’s role in starting the war. Meanwhile, Chiyue’s group discovered that Iwagakure’s shinobi were searching Kusagakure for members of the Uzumaki Clan.

• Orochimaru and Tsunade agreed to leave and rendezvous with the reinforcements because Amegakure’s actions seemed suspicious.
• Hanzō confronted Chiyo and demanded food, ninja tools, and Explosive Tag supplies as compensation from Sunagakure.
• Hanzō threatened to negotiate peace with Konoha and reveal Sunagakure’s role in starting the war unless the supplies arrived within three days.
• Chiyo ordered the supplies prepared because she could not risk Amegakure making peace or trying to kill Hanzō.
• White reported that Iwagakure squads were searching around Kusagakure, and Chiyue suspected they were looking for Uzumaki Narumi.
• Uzumaki Narumi told Chiyue that members of the Uzumaki Clan were still hidden somewhere inside Kusagakure.

Chiyue’s team evacuated Kusagakure with Uzumaki Narumi, and Minato reported that Iwagakure was searching for something there, prompting Danzo to suspect Kusagakure was hiding information. Tsunade planned to take Narumi back to Konoha while leaving Nawaki and Minato at camp to learn from Jiraiya.

• Worried that Iwagakure would discover Uzumaki Narumi, Nawaki asked whether the team should leave, and Chiyue decided they would retreat with her to the Land of Rain.
• Minato went to headquarters and reported that Iwagakure had too many people to fight and was searching for something in Kusagakure, not preparing to attack it.
• Chiyue visited the medical department and found Tsunade supervising Jiraiya’s painful, anesthesia-free surgery as punishment for asking her for a farewell kiss.
• Tsunade decided to take Uzumaki Narumi to Konoha after Jiraiya recovered somewhat and leave Nawaki and Minato at camp to study under him.
• Danzo told Minato he would record his contribution, but the report made him suspect Kusagakure was concealing something from Konoha.

Minato stayed behind to train with Jiraiya while Tsunade took Chiyue and Uzumaki Narumi back to Konoha. Danzo uncovered Kusagakure’s hidden Uzumaki Clan members and ordered Root and Anbu to find them, while Tsunade’s return journey paused for grilled meat and games.

• Minato welcomed the chance to train under Jiraiya, while Chiyo sent more scarce Sunagakure supplies to pressure Hanzō into fighting Konoha.
• Hanzō resumed the war with only minor skirmishes, frustrating Chiyo after she had spent more supplies.
• Tsunade left the camp with Chiyue and Uzumaki Narumi and headed back to Konoha.
• Danzo received intelligence that Kusagakure was hiding Uzumaki Clan members and ordered them captured or killed if they could not be brought to Konoha.
• Tsunade stopped in a Land of Fire town to rest, eat grilled meat, and play Landlord, and Chiyue questioned whether she had any money.

Tsunade lost all her money gambling, then got drunk and stumbled into the hot spring where Chiyue was bathing. After Chiyue knocked her out and carried her back to the inn, Tsunade woke up and confronted him about what he had done.

• Tsunade left Chiyue and Uzumaki Narumi at the inn and went gambling, while Chiyue told Narumi to focus on her training.
• Chiyue fell asleep in the hot spring until a drunk Tsunade entered, stripped, and climbed into the pool.
• Chiyue knocked Tsunade unconscious, wrapped her in a towel, and carried her back to her room, where Narumi covered her with a blanket.
• Tsunade woke with a bump on her head, remembered losing her money and drinking, and learned from Narumi that Chiyue had carried her back.
• Tsunade kicked open Chiyue's door and demanded to know what he had done to her, and Chiyue explained that she had entered the hot spring and undressed in front of him.

After returning to Konoha, Chiyue introduced Uzumaki Narumi to Kushina, who was overjoyed to discover another surviving member of the Uzumaki Clan. Tsunade reached the Hokage's Office in a foul mood and asked the Third Hokage for money.

• Chiyue refused to pay for the door Tsunade had kicked down, so Tsunade found money to cover the damage and traveled back to Konoha in silence.
• Chiyue reassured Uzumaki Narumi that Tsunade was only sulking out of embarrassment and took her to meet Kushina.
• Kushina recognized Uzumaki Narumi's red hair, learned she belonged to the Uzumaki Clan, and tearfully welcomed her as family.
• Chiyue left Kushina and Uzumaki Narumi together and went home, where he found his refrigerator empty.
• Tsunade went to the Hokage's Office, told the Third Hokage she had lost money, and asked him for a subsidy, making him cough in surprise.

Tsunade urged the Third Hokage to begin peace talks with Amegakure, but he refused, arguing that Konoha had to win decisively to discourage other small villages from militarizing. Furious, Tsunade quit the war effort and left with techniques for Minato, while the Third Hokage defended her to the elders.

• Tsunade told the Third Hokage that she, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya wanted Konoha to negotiate with Hanzō before more shinobi died.
• The Third Hokage rejected early peace talks, saying Konoha had to defeat Amegakure openly to prevent other small villages from building their military strength.
• Tsunade broke the Hokage's desk, declared she was done with the war, and kicked the desk through the office window.
• Tsunade asked the Third Hokage to use Jiraiya's contributions to obtain the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Shadow Clone Technique for Minato, and he gave her the scroll.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura confronted the Third Hokage about indulging Tsunade, and he replied that she was a high-ranking official and the Konoha Princess.

After the Third Hokage rejected Tsunade’s proposal for early peace talks, Tsunade met Yagami Chiyue at a barbecue restaurant to drink and vent. Chiyue defended her intentions while insisting that an ordinary chunin had no say in village policy, and Tsunade continued eating and cursing the leaders who opposed her.

• Tsunade left the Hokage’s office and had an Anbu summon Yagami Chiyue to the Akimichi Clan’s barbecue restaurant.
• Chiyue arrived and found Tsunade drinking heavily after failing to persuade the Third Hokage to begin peace talks before the war ended.
• Chiyue told Tsunade that her motives were right but that her position shaped what she needed to consider, describing himself as an ordinary chunin focused on missions and survival.
• Tsunade ate the grilled meat in a huff, and Chiyue pretended to call for the bill before ordering more food to spare her from revealing she had no money.
• Tsunade kept eating, drinking, and loudly cursing the Third Hokage, Danzo, and the others who had opposed her proposal.

After bringing a drunken Tsunade home, Chiyue hosted Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto, who discussed Uzumaki Narumi and the Uchiha Clan. The next morning, Tsunade woke with a splitting headache, while the Third Kazekage’s pole-dancing scandal continued to damage his reputation.

• Chiyue carried the drunk Tsunade home, then welcomed Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto when they came to visit.
• Kushina thanked Chiyue for bringing Uzumaki Narumi back to Konoha and decided to buy the house next door for her.
• Uchiha Mikoto told Chiyue that Uchiha Clan members had been pressing her to pass along his mother's wish for him to return to the clan, and Chiyue said he would handle it.
• Chiyue realized Uchiha Mikoto's Sharingan had evolved before she left.
• Chiyue noticed the Anbu watching Kushina, while two Anbu members worried about becoming the second Shimura Shūitsu as the Third Kazekage's pole-dancing scandal spread.
• Tsunade woke the next day with a splitting headache.