Chapter Summaries

Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Amaterasu to destroy Yagura’s Water Dragon Bullet, protecting Might Guy. Yagura recovered from Guy’s Morning Peacock, overwhelmed him, and trapped him in coral in the battlefield pit.

• Might Guy unleashed Morning Peacock, raining flames down on Yagura, while Itachi saw the Water Dragon Bullet still threatening him.
• Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Amaterasu to burn away the Water Dragon Bullet’s head, but the technique left him in pain and unable to continue fighting.
• Yagura survived Morning Peacock with little injury and attacked Might Guy as Guy’s strength faded.
• Yagura struck Guy with Coral Palm, pulled him back with a Chakra Tail, and battered him before slamming him into the ground.
• Might Guy tried to evade Yagura’s next attack but discovered coral had grown over him and rooted him in the pit.

Kaze arrived in time to save Might Guy from Yagura, but Yagura’s Coral Palm also trapped Kaze and disabled both his hands. The Konoha reinforcements gathered as Yagura declared himself the natural enemy of Taijutsu ninjas.

• Yagura pinned Might Guy with Coral Palm, then charged at him while Itachi’s shuriken failed to stop the attack.
• Kaze rushed in and blocked Yagura with his fists, then used a second punch to blast Yagura away.
• Yagura’s coral spread over both of Kaze’s hands, leaving him unable to use them.
• Hizashi, Kakashi, and Uchiha Kiyoshi arrived; Kakashi tried to cut the coral off Might Guy, but Hizashi warned that it had grown into his flesh.
• Yagura told the Konoha ninjas that anyone who fought with Taijutsu had already lost to him.

Kaze countered Yagura’s Coral Palm and Wind Release with his Elementalization, then exposed the limits of Yagura’s Water Mirror Technique. He destroyed the technique’s duplicate and pressed his attack on the Fourth Mizukage, leaving Yagura shaken by Kaze’s killing intent.

• Kaze turned his hands into lightning, burning away Isobu’s coral without harm and rendering the Coral Palm ineffective against him.
• Yagura created a Kaze duplicate with the Water Mirror Technique and attacked with Wind Release: Multiple Wind Scythe Technique, but Kaze let the blades pass through his Elementalized body.
• Kaze explained that the Water Mirror Technique could not replicate abilities beyond Yagura’s understanding and chakra, and that it could not copy his Devil Fruit power.
• Kaze cut the duplicate and water mirror apart with a crescent-shaped sword aura, then charged at Yagura using Moonwalk.
• Kaze challenged Yagura to use his remaining techniques, and his killing intent made the Mizukage shudder with fear.

Kaze fought Isobu after Yagura gave the Three-Tails control of his body. Kaze drew Famous Sword Enma and unleashed a massive blackish-purple sword slash toward Isobu's face.

• Yagura handed control of his body to Isobu, who transformed into the Three-Tails before Kaze.
• Isobu slammed his palm at Kaze, but Kaze stopped the blow with a punch and cracked Isobu's shell.
• Kaze used Moonwalk to rise to Isobu's eye level as the beast's hand struck the ground and its shell broke further.
• Kaze entered the Sixth Gate and drew Famous Sword Enma, whose aura made Isobu feel heavy and threatened.
• Kaze raised Famous Sword Enma and slashed a blackish-purple crescent of sword energy toward Isobu's face.

Kaze defeated Isobu and fatally wounded Yagura, then killed the Mizukage before he could order Kirigakure's forces to retreat. Kaze ordered Kakashi and Hizashi to wipe out the remaining Mist Ninja, and the battle continued.

• Kaze's sword slash split Isobu's body, causing the Tailed Beast to revert into a cloak and disappear while Yagura lay mortally wounded.
• Kaze approached Yagura, who lamented his defeat and the danger it posed to Kirigakure as Kakashi, Hizashi, and Yagura's guard squad arrived.
• Yagura ordered Yuki to have the remaining Mist Ninja retreat, but Kaze killed Yagura with a Tempest Kick before he could finish.
• Kaze attacked the Mist Ninja and ordered Kakashi and Hizashi to leave no survivors.
• Kakashi charged at Yagura's guard squad with Chidori as the fighting resumed.

After Kaze defeated Mizukage Yagura, Konoha celebrated its victory and recognized Kaze as the decisive force behind the war’s end. As the crowd hailed him as a potential future Naruto, Itachi struggled with the praise Kaze received and compared it with Shisui’s overlooked deeds.

• Konoha’s ninja celebrated their victory after nearly all of the Mist Ninja who followed Mizukage Yagura were killed.
• The Konoha ninja chanted Kaze’s name, while Hizashi reflected on Kaze’s capture of the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, defeat of the Fourth Raikage, and defeat of Yagura.
• Might Guy told Kakashi that Kaze might become Konoha’s next Naruto, and Kakashi acknowledged that Kaze could be a suitable successor.
• Itachi overheard Kakashi and Might Guy praising Kaze and saw the Konoha ninja lift Kaze into the air in celebration.
• Itachi wondered why Kaze received such recognition when Shisui’s deeds and death had never earned him the same praise.

Obito learned that Kaze had killed both the Mizukage Yagura and the Fourth Raikage, captured Killer B, and taken control of several Tailed Beasts. Black Zetsu convinced him that Kaze might possess an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and know of the Moon Eye Plan, leaving Obito determined to eliminate him but unsure how.

• Obito watched Konoha's victory and cursed Yagura for failing to defeat Kaze.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that Kaze had killed the Fourth Raikage, routed the Cloud Ninja, and captured Killer B.
• Black Zetsu warned that Kaze's Tailed Beast collecting and strange Lightning Release might conceal a Mangekyo Sharingan ability.
• Black Zetsu suggested Kaze might have an Eternal Mangekyo and might have read the stone tablet beneath Naka Shrine.
• Obito concluded that Kaze might know of the Moon Eye Plan and resolved to eliminate him.
• Black Zetsu proposed using the Tsuchikage's Dust Release and Orochimaru's Cursed Seal against Kaze, but said they would need careful planning.

After Kaze killed the Raikage and Mizukage Yagura and helped defeat Kirigakure, Hiruzen and his advisors debated how to handle his growing influence. Kaze returned to Konoha and learned he would have a chance to meet the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, leaving him wondering whether the Daimyo might rebel.

• An Anbu ninja reported to Hiruzen that Kaze had killed Mizukage Yagura and helped wipe out the Kirigakure forces, ending the war.
• Hiruzen, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu weighed whether to suppress or support Kaze, then agreed to promote him to Elite Jonin and give him command of the Leaf Village Police Force.
• Hiruzen decided to find Tsunade and Jiraiya, fearing that Kaze might gain support as the next Hokage.
• Kaze returned to Konoha with Kakashi and Hizashi and reported to Hiruzen, who praised his achievements and promised to report them to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
• Kakashi explained that the Daimyo could reward Kaze and that meeting him might help Kaze become a candidate for Hokage, prompting Kaze to wonder if the Daimyo would rebel.

Kaze proposed extracting most of the Eight-Tails and sealing it into Karin while leaving Killer B enough chakra to survive, then selling him back to the Land of Lightning for ten billion ryo and Turtle Island. He offered to split the proceeds with Konoha, but after the leadership objected to the Uchiha Clan’s thirty-percent share, Kaze demanded eighty percent instead.

• Kaze asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to help make Karin the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, explaining that he would leave some of the beast’s chakra inside Killer B so he would survive extraction.
• Kaze proposed selling Killer B and the Eight-Tails’ remaining chakra back to the Land of Lightning for ten billion ryo and Turtle Island.
• Kaze offered to divide the payment seventy-thirty between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, with the Uchiha receiving thirty percent.
• Mitokado Homura objected that the Uchiha’s thirty-percent share was too high, so Kaze raised the clan’s demand to eighty percent.

Konoha’s victory over Kumogakure and Kirigakure spread across the shinobi world, alarming Sunagakure’s Rasa and making him fear Konoha’s growing strength. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki was interrupted while worrying about finding a successor, and he braced for news of another incident involving Deidara.

• Kaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to keep the plan to extract Killer B’s Eight-Tails secret until Karin recovered enough to take part in the sealing ritual.
• News reached Sunagakure that Konoha had defeated Kumogakure and Kirigakure and that Kaze had killed both the Raikage and the Mizukage.
• Rasa questioned the intelligence, then learned that Kaze was an Uchiha genius who had fought in the Third Shinobi World War and recently become a Jonin and vice-captain of the Leaf Village Police Force.
• Rasa worried about Sunagakure’s decline and hoped Gaara would gain control of One-Tails Shukaku.
• Ōnoki complained about his failing health and his lack of a suitable Tsuchikage successor when a Stone Ninja rushed in and startled him.
• Ōnoki wondered whether Deidara had blown up someone’s house again as the Stone Ninja arrived with urgent news.

Ōnoki learned that Kaze, a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old Uchiha from Konoha, had killed the Raikage and worried about what the powerful newcomer meant for Iwagakure and the ninja world. The chapter then shifted to Amegakure, where Pain and Konan were visited by Uchiha Madara.

• A sand ninja told Ōnoki that Konoha and Kumogakure had gone to war and that a young Konoha Jonin had killed the Raikage.
• The sand ninja identified the Jonin as Kaze of the Uchiha Clan, prompting Ōnoki to remember his encounter with Madara Uchiha.
• Ōnoki worried that Kaze might follow Madara's path and ordered Iwagakure's ninjas to abandon missions rather than face him.
• Pain and Konan watched the rain over Amegakure until a figure emerged from a space-time vortex.
• Konan recognized the visitor as Uchiha Madara, and Pain said he had not expected him to come.

Obito warned Pain that Kaze was a major threat to Akatsuki, prompting Nagato to resolve to capture the tailed beasts first. In Konoha, Karin recovered and agreed to receive the Eight-Tails, while Hiruzen told Kaze the sealing would happen tomorrow night and Kumogakure had accepted peace talks.

• Obito told Pain and Konan that Kaze had captured the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, killed the Raikage and Mizukage, and was collecting tailed beasts.
• Pain decided Akatsuki would capture the remaining tailed beasts before Kaze could reach them, though Konan worried about Kaze's future strength.
• Karin recovered after counseling and nutritional care, and her mother agreed to have a tailed beast sealed inside her.
• Hiruzen summoned Kaze and told him the Eight-Tails would be sealed the following night and Kumogakure's Elder had agreed to peace talks.

Kaze considered the threats posed by Akatsuki and the Otsutsuki Clan and resolved to grow strong enough to reach the Sage of Six Paths' level. He persuaded Hiruzen to let him witness the Eight-Tails' extraction, then learned he would also represent Konoha at peace talks in the Land of Iron.

• Kaze assessed Akatsuki, Madara Uchiha, and the possible existence of the Otsutsuki Clan as threats and made reaching the Sage of Six Paths' level his long-term goal.
• Kaze told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had to be present when the Eight-Tails was extracted, citing the risk that it could be controlled and attack Konoha.
• Hiruzen agreed to have Anbu notify Kaze at the Uchiha Compound before the extraction the following night.
• Hiruzen assigned Kaze to represent Konoha at the peace talks with Kumogakure in the Land of Iron.

Kaze arrived with Kakashi and his assistants at the guarded site where the Eight-Tails would be extracted from Killer B and sealed into Karin. After inspecting the sealing array and reassuring Karin’s mother, Kaze took the sleeping Karin into his care as Hiruzen prepared to perform the sealing.

• Kakashi escorted Kaze, Uchiha Kiyoshi, and Uchiha Setsuna through the reinforced barrier to the extraction site, where Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura were waiting.
• Kaze examined the chains and five stones around the unconscious Killer B, copied the sealing formula with his Sharingan, and discussed sealing methods with Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen confirmed that Karin would receive the Eight-Tails and prepared to carry out the sealing himself because Karin was too young to use the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Karin grew frightened by the gathered ninja, so Kaze used Genjutsu to put her to sleep and promised her mother that he would protect her.
• Karin’s mother entrusted her sleeping daughter to Kaze.

Kaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi began extracting the Eight-Tails from Killer B, but Gyuki emerged in full form and fought to return to Killer B. The chapter ended as Gyuki broke free of the Anbu’s chains and brought his fists down toward Hiruzen.

• Kaze prepared for the sealing ritual while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Anbu took positions to extract and restrain the Eight-Tails.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi destroyed Killer B’s Iron Seal, releasing a torrent of Chakra that gathered into Gyuki’s complete form.
• Gyuki roared, blasting several Anbu away, and the remaining ninjas wrapped chains around his arms and tentacles.
• Gyuki broke a chain and pushed a tentacle into Killer B’s abdomen, trying to return to his body.
• Gyuki snapped the remaining restraints, sent the Anbu flying, and raised his fists to strike Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Kaze stopped the Eight-Tails from striking Hiruzen Sarutobi, severed the tentacle keeping Killer B alive, and overwhelmed the beast with a lightning Susanoo. He left the Eight-Tails pinned to the ground and urged Hiruzen to seal it.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi used a Shadow Clone and Earth Release to block the Eight-Tails' fist, but the earth dragon crumbled against its strength.
• Kaze arrived and knocked the Eight-Tails' fist away with a lightning-charged punch.
• Kaze slashed through the Eight-Tails' tentacle connected to Killer B, leaving the remaining half inside Killer B to preserve his life.
• Kaze formed a lightning Susanoo, grabbed the Eight-Tails by the throat, and slammed its face into the ground.
• Kakashi raised an Earth Release wall to shield Hiruzen and Karin from the shockwave, and Kaze urged Hiruzen to seal the Eight-Tails.

Kaze used his Lightning Release Susanoo to restrain Eight-Tails Gyuki, impressing Konoha’s leaders with his strength and Chakra reserves. Hiruzen Sarutobi began sealing Gyuki into Karin, and the Tailed Beast was drawn into her body.

• Kaze pinned Gyuki to the ground, paralyzed him with electricity, and pierced his tails with eight Lightning Swords when Gyuki tried to strike back.
• The Anbu and Konoha leaders watched Kaze overpower Gyuki, while Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu recognized his immense Chakra reserves and compared his potential to Madara Uchiha’s.
• Kaze called Hiruzen Sarutobi out of his shock, and Hiruzen prepared Karin as the vessel for the Eight-Tails.
• Hiruzen activated the Double Four Symbols Seal, binding Gyuki with Chakra chains as Kaze pushed him toward Karin.
• Gyuki’s body was compressed and drawn into Karin as the seal took effect.

Kaze successfully transferred the Eight-Tails into Karin and recognized the sealing technique as a path toward gaining more power. After suppressing the beast and helping complete the sealing, he was praised by Konoha’s Anbu as a hero.

• Kaze dispelled his Susanoo after the Eight-Tails was sealed inside Karin, while Killer B remained alive because a tentacle had been left behind.
• Kaze considered using Killer B’s apparent status as a Jinchuriki to extort Kumogakure and planned to study the Eight Trigrams Seal for a chance to seal the Nine-Tails inside himself.
• Kaze reflected that obtaining Minato Namikaze’s Nine-Tails would require breaking the Reaper Death Seal and rescuing Minato’s soul.
• Setsuna, Kiyoshi, and Kakashi praised Kaze’s strength after watching him suppress the Eight-Tails.
• The Anbu applauded Kaze, and Kaihō declared him Konoha’s hero as Kiyoshi and Setsuna were surprised to hear the Uchiha Clan praised.

After Kaze helped seal the Eight-Tails, the Anbu and Uchiha alike rallied behind him as a potential Fifth Hokage. Hiruzen recognized Kaze’s power and influence, and the chapter ended with Kaze offering to help the exhausted Third Hokage stand.

• Kiyoshi and Setsuna saw the Anbu applaud Kaze and concluded that he could become the Fifth Hokage.
• Kakashi considered Kaze’s achievements and believed he was an outstanding successor who had eased tensions between the Uchiha and the village.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu questioned whether Jiraiya or Tsunade could match Kaze’s support, while Koharu warned Homura not to forget Kaze was an Uchiha.
• Hiruzen collapsed after sealing the Eight-Tails and realized Kaze’s precise Chakra control and strength were exceptional.
• Kaze calmly approached Hiruzen and offered his hand, highlighting the contrast between the weary Hokage and the powerful candidate before the Anbu.

Kaze, Kakashi, and Hizashi traveled to the Land of Iron for peace talks with Kumogakure, while Kaze reflected on his vision for a fairer world. They met Mifune at the border, who mistook Hizashi for Konoha's representative until Hizashi clarified that Kaze was in charge.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi entrusted Kaze with the Kumogakure peace talks and let him choose two guards.
• Kaze asked Kakashi and Hizashi to accompany him, and Hizashi's assignment deepened a rift with the Hyuga Main Family.
• Kaze, Kakashi, and Hizashi crossed the snowy, difficult terrain of the Land of Iron, with Hizashi using his Byakugan to guide them.
• Kakashi called Kaze's attention to a group of samurai waiting ahead.
• Mifune welcomed the Konoha party and assumed Hizashi was its representative, but Hizashi identified Kaze as the representative instead.