Chapter Summaries

Kaze fought Black Kaze, his violent counterpart with the same memories and abilities, and realized that letting him escape would put Tama in danger. Their battle continued with neither gaining the upper hand, leaving Kaze searching for a way to surpass himself.

• Kaze rejected Black Kaze’s claim that his restraint meant he lacked the instinct to fight and resolved to destroy him before he could threaten Tama.
• Black Kaze charged across the lake with Soru and struck Kaze with Enma, forcing him back across the water.
• Black Kaze predicted Kaze’s thoughts and tried to trap him with the Sharingan, but Kaze used his own Sharingan and Observation Haki to counter him.
• Both fighters activated their Mangekyō Sharingan and clashed their swords, uprooting trees and flattening the grass with the force of their blows.
• Kaze and Black Kaze used Great Fire Annihilation at the same time, and their flames met without either gaining the advantage.

Kaze and Dark Kaze fought in Kaze’s inner world, each countering the other’s attacks until Dark Kaze summoned a complete Susanoo. Kaze formed only a half-body Susanoo and was knocked toward Turtle Island when he blocked Dark Kaze’s first strike.

• Dark Kaze used Elementalization to attack Kaze, but Kaze countered with Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and Enma.
• Kaze and Dark Kaze traded sword strikes across the ground and sky, each blocking the other’s attacks.
• Dark Kaze summoned a genuine Susanoo and shaped it into a complete, black, armored giant with wings and a Chakra tachi.
• Kaze summoned a Klein blue Susanoo, but it had reached only its half-body form when Dark Kaze attacked.
• Dark Kaze’s complete Susanoo struck Kaze’s weapon, and the impact sent Kaze crashing toward Turtle Island.

Kaze fought his dark self in his inner world, and their clash shattered Turtle Island and split the ocean. As the battle exhausted him and he wondered how to overcome his opponent, a familiar voice offered him power: Nine-Tails.

• Kaze blocked Dark Kazekage's slash but crashed into Turtle Island, leaving a vast crater before completing his giant Susanoo.
• Dark Kazekage attacked with an Armament Haki-coated Chakra blade, and Kaze countered with an equally powerful slash that collided with his.
• The clash shattered Turtle Island into pieces and sent shockwaves across the landscape.
• Dark Kazekage demonstrated their power by cleaving the sea open, then continued fighting Kaze without either gaining the advantage.
• As Kaze grew exhausted and struggled to find a way to defeat his dark self, Nine-Tails offered to lend him power.

Kaze fought Dark Kaze while the Nine-Tails offered him its Chakra, fearing what Dark Kaze would do if he entered the real world. After Dark Kaze overwhelmed Kaze and cracked his Susanoo, Kaze accepted the Nine-Tails' help, and his Susanoo was restored.

• The Nine-Tails told Kaze it had changed its mind and wanted to help him defeat Dark Kaze, whose evil had frightened it.
• Dark Kaze used Shave and a lightning-charged axe kick to knock Kaze toward the sea, then battered him down to the seabed with Armament Haki-coated attacks.
• Kaze's Susanoo cracked under the assault as the impacts churned the sea and sank the seabed.
• The Nine-Tails explained that Dark Kaze had absorbed its Chakra without being influenced by it, and warned Kaze that Dark Kaze was more powerful because he had fewer scruples.
• Kaze agreed to accept the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and the Nine-Tails lent it to him, restoring his Susanoo.

Kaze used the Nine-Tails' Chakra to repair Susanoo and unleash a coordinated lightning assault against Dark Kaze. With Dark Kaze trapped and overwhelmed, Kaze aimed a lightning bow and prepared to finish the fight.

• The Nine-Tails lent Kaze its Chakra, repairing Susanoo and letting Kaze form five enormous Thunder Dragons.
• Kaze sent the Thunder Dragons into the sea to grow larger while he charged his Chakra katana with black lightning.
• Kaze's flying slash overwhelmed Dark Kaze's counterattack and forced him to defend.
• The Thunder Dragons clamped onto Dark Kaze's Susanoo and shocked him, leaving him unable to answer Kaze's assault.
• Kaze formed a Great Thunderclap Bow, drew his Chakra katana across its black-lightning string, and released it at Dark Kaze.

Kaze defeated his dark self with the Nine-Tails’ help and passed the True Waterfall’s trial. He returned to Turtle Island, where he confirmed his success to a stunned Dodai and prepared to enter the ruins.

• Kaze used the Nine-Tails’ power to pierce Dark Kaze’s defenses and win their battle.
• Dark Kaze acknowledged Kaze as king for now, then crumbled into ash and vanished.
• Kaze left the inner world, while the Tailed Beast Chakra seeping from his body gradually disappeared.
• Kaze opened his eyes before the True Waterfall, and Dodai suspected that he had passed the trial in one attempt.
• Kaze confirmed to Dodai that he had passed the trial and stretched before entering the ruins.

Kaze passed True Waterfall’s trial on his first attempt, leaving Dodai and the Cloud Ninja stunned by his strength. Kaze opened the way into the ancient ruins, while Dodai ordered his men to gather the hidden Cloud Ninja and prepare to stop Kaze from becoming a perfect Jinchuriki.

• Kaze passed True Waterfall’s trial, reassuring Kiyoshi and Yamato and astonishing Dodai and the three Cloud Chunin.
• Dodai recalled Kaze’s past victories and grew increasingly nervous as Kaze approached the ancient ruins.
• Kaze used his Chakra to split the waterfall and reveal the ruins’ entrance, then entered with Kiyoshi and Yamato.
• Nuru reminded Dodai to act, and Dodai ordered Nuru and the other two Chunin to signal the Cloud Ninja lying in ambush.
• Dodai followed Kaze into the ancient ruins, determined to prevent him from becoming a perfect Jinchuriki.

Kaze entered the ruins’ secret chamber to control the Nine-Tails Chakra while Dodai prepared to ambush him with more than three hundred Cloud Ninja. Kaze revealed the threat to Kiyoshi and Yamato, then entered his inner world and trusted them to hold off the attackers.

• Dodai explained how to open the secret chamber and control Tailed Beast Chakra, then stayed outside as Kaze, Kiyoshi, and Yamato entered.
• Kaze told Kiyoshi and Yamato that around 362 Cloud Ninja, mostly Jonin, were gathering on Turtle Island to attack while he competed with the Tailed Beast for Chakra.
• Yamato asked whether they should retreat or confront the Cloud Ninja first, but Kaze said he trusted the two to buy him time.
• Kaze entered his inner world, and Kiyoshi vowed to protect him and swore by the Uchiha Clan that no one would disturb him.

Kaze opened the seal on the Nine-Tails and began a tug-of-war to seize its Chakra. The Nine-Tails fought back and tried to shake Kaze’s focus by warning that Kiyoshi and Yamato could not hold off the Kumogakure forces.

• Kaze entered his inner world and removed the talisman sealing the Nine-Tails.
• Kaze unscrewed the Eight Trigrams Seal and blocked the Nine-Tails’ first attack with a punch.
• Kaze formed a Chakra construct that grabbed the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and began pulling it away.
• The Nine-Tails attacked with its nine tails while Kaze retreated and continued the tug-of-war.
• The Nine-Tails taunted Kaze, claiming it could outlast him and that the Kumogakure ninja would defeat Kiyoshi and Yamato.

Kaze battled Nine-Tails with Susanoo while trying to draw out its Chakra, confident that Kiyoshi would hold off the Cloud Ninja. As Yamato suppressed Kaze’s growing Tailed Beast Chakra, Kiyoshi left the secret chamber to face the approaching Cloud Ninja alone.

• Nine-Tails tried to provoke Kaze by warning that the Cloud Ninja would overwhelm Kiyoshi and Yamato, but Kaze stayed focused and summoned Susanoo.
• Kaze and Nine-Tails exchanged powerful blows while pulling at the Chakra line between them, remaining evenly matched.
• Nine-Tails again claimed the Cloud Ninja would defeat Kaze, but Kaze insisted Kiyoshi would stop them and that he would take Nine-Tails’s Chakra.
• Yamato sensed that the Eight Trigrams Seal had been undone and used Wood Style to suppress the Tailed Beast Chakra spreading from Kaze.
• When the stone door began to rise, Kiyoshi struck down the first Cloud Ninja to enter, went outside, and shut the chamber door behind him.

Uchiha Kiyoshi stood guard outside the secret chamber where Kaze was using Kumogakure’s relic, refusing Dodai’s offer to leave. He fought the Cloud Ninja crowd in the cramped chamber, ending the chapter with his Fire Release clashing against their Water Release and scalding several Chunin with steam.

• Kiyoshi emerged from the secret chamber, saw more than a hundred Cloud Ninja gathering, and shut the chamber door behind him.
• Dodai accused Kaze of killing Kumogakure’s Raikage, demanding payment for the Eight-Tails, and taking its Jinchuriki, then offered Kiyoshi a path to leave.
• Kiyoshi refused to abandon Kaze or let the Cloud Ninja pass, so more than a dozen Cloud Ninja attacked with Shadow Clone Shuriken Jutsu.
• Kiyoshi used Wood Release to block the shuriken, then shattered his wooden wall and sent its pieces flying into the Cloud Ninja.
• Kiyoshi unleashed the Great Fireball Technique, and several Cloud Ninja answered with a combined Water Wall that produced scorching steam and injured Chunin.

Kaze battled the Nine-Tails inside his inner world, combining Susanoo and Lightning Armor before drawing Enma and unleashing Moon Fang: Heavenly Cleave. The sword strike sent the Nine-Tails flying toward the cage.

• Kaze formed Susanoo and layered Lightning Armor over it to confront the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails wrapped his tails around Susanoo and tried to crush Kaze, but Kaze used the trapped tails to hurl him closer.
• As the Nine-Tails charged and prepared to punch, Kaze drew Famous Sword Enma and poured his Haki and Chakra into it.
• Kaze raised Enma, and the Nine-Tails found himself unable to react as black lightning gathered around the blade.
• Kaze unleashed Moon Fang: Heavenly Cleave, cutting through Susanoo and striking the Nine-Tails into the cage.

Kaze outmaneuvered the Nine-Tails and drained his Chakra, activating Golden Body Mode. He resealed the furious Nine-Tails behind the metal gate and thanked him.

• Kaze used his Susanoo as bait, then struck the Nine-Tails with Moon Fang Heavenly Cleave and drove him into the cage wall.
• Kaze repeatedly unleashed Moon Fang Heavenly Cleaves to pin the Nine-Tails while pulling his Chakra away.
• Kaze absorbed the Nine-Tails' Chakra and activated Golden Body Mode, feeling his new power.
• The Nine-Tails charged at Kaze to reclaim his Chakra, but the metal gates shut and sent him flying back.
• Kaze resealed the Nine-Tails and thanked him from the other side of the gate.

Kiyoshi defended True Waterfall against the Cloud Ninja to give Kaze time to master the Nine-Tails Chakra, refusing to retreat even as they began a coordinated assault. The chapter ended with a huge water dragon bearing down on his Susanoo.

• Kiyoshi drove the Cloud Ninja out of the ruins and stood alone before True Waterfall to protect the site and buy Kaze time.
• Dodai and the Cloud Ninja gathered around Kiyoshi, while Dodai worried that Kaze would soon claim the Eight-Tails' Chakra.
• Darui proposed draining Kiyoshi's Chakra with repeated long-range Ninjutsu and struck first with Lightning Release: Black Panther.
• Darui's Black Panther changed direction in midair, hit Susanoo, and sent painful electrical currents surging toward Kiyoshi.
• Dozens of Cloud Ninja combined their Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique into a giant water dragon that descended on Kiyoshi.
• Kiyoshi vowed not to retreat, knowing the Cloud Ninja would rush True Waterfall if he moved away.

Uchiha Kiyoshi endured a combined Water and Lightning Release assault while defending the entrance to the ancient ruins, then counterattacked the Cloud Ninja with Wood Release. He left the Cloud forces scrambling to escape his pursuing vines.

• Kiyoshi braced Susanoo and Iron Body: Steel to block the Cloud Ninja's combined Water Dragon Bullet attack rather than abandon the ruins' entrance.
• Dodai ordered the Cloud Ninja to combine Lightning Release with their Water Release, and the attack cracked Susanoo and severely injured Kiyoshi.
• The Cloud Ninja recognized that Kiyoshi had been forced to take the attack because he was guarding the entrance, but marveled that he remained conscious and ready to fight.
• Kiyoshi rose and used Wood Release: Forest Descent to turn the grass into vines that pursued and crushed Cloud Ninja.
• Darui coated his short sword with Lightning Release Chakra and cut apart the vines attacking the Cloud Ninja.

Kiyoshi exhausted himself defending against the Cloud Ninja’s relentless attacks while trying to buy time for Kaze. As his Susanoo faded and an Elite Jonin moved to kill him, a sudden explosion erupted beside him.

• Darui discovered that Lightning Release-infused weapons could cut Kiyoshi’s Mori Mori no Mi vines, and the Cloud Ninja used the tactic to break free.
• The Cloud Ninja’s Jonin and Elite Jonin unleashed a barrage of Ninjutsu, forcing Kiyoshi to restore Susanoo and endure their attacks.
• Dodai recognized that Kiyoshi’s Chakra was running low and urged the Cloud Ninja to intensify their assault.
• Dodai used Lava Release to continuously erode Susanoo, while Kiyoshi stopped counterattacking to conserve Chakra and buy time for Kaze.
• Kiyoshi’s Chakra ran out, his Susanoo dissipated, and he fell to one knee as an Elite Jonin charged to cut off his head.
• A deafening explosion erupted beside Kiyoshi just as he was unable to dodge.

Uchiha Kazekage emerged with the Nine-Tails Chakra and saved Kiyoshi from a Cloud Jonin’s attack. As Kaze confronted Dodai, the Cloud Ninja began urging their commander to attack him and reclaim the Eight-Tails, and Kaze told Yamato to protect Kiyoshi.

• Kaze burst from the True Waterfall and killed a Cloud Jonin with a kick just before the attacker could strike Kiyoshi.
• Yamato emerged and found Kiyoshi exhausted but unharmed, then reflected that Kiyoshi had held off more than three hundred Cloud Ninja.
• Kaze supported Kiyoshi as he stood and thanked him for protecting him.
• Kaze questioned Dodai about the Cloud Ninja’s actions, while Kiyoshi accused them of trying to assassinate the Hokage.
• Cloud Elite Jonin urged Dodai to attack Kaze and seize the Eight-Tails, and Kaze ordered Yamato to protect Kiyoshi.

Kaze faced the Cloud Ninjas on Turtle Island as they tried to kill him and reclaim the Eight-Tails, while Dodai and Darui weighed the risk against Killer B’s dwindling chakra. Kaze activated Golden Body Mode and effortlessly evaporated their combined Water and Lightning attack, leaving the Cloud Ninjas unable to approach him.

• Kaze sensed the Cloud Ninjas’ fear and humiliation over his past defeat of Kumogakure and the loss of the Eight-Tails.
• Darui urged Dodai to seize what might be their only chance to save Killer B and prevent Kumogakure from declining.
• More than twenty Cloud Ninjas launched a Water Dragon Bullet Technique, while over thirty others infused it with Lightning Release.
• Kiyoshi warned Kaze and called for Yamato to defend them, but Yamato said they had to trust the Hokage.
• Kaze entered Golden Body Mode and used Great Fire Annihilation to evaporate the Water dragon, burning and incapacitating nearby Cloud Ninjas.

Kaze effortlessly blocked the Cloud Ninja’s combined Water Dragon Bullet Technique with Great Fire Annihilation, leaving them stunned by his strength. Dodai realized Kaze contained the Nine-Tails, while Darui insisted the Cloud Ninja must still capture him to save Killer B.

• Kaze used Great Fire Annihilation to turn the Cloud Ninja’s combined attack into steam without showing any exhaustion.
• The Cloud Ninja and Kiyoshi were shocked that Kaze had countered their Water Release with a single Fire Release.
• Dodai recognized the golden Chakra around Kaze as belonging to a Tailed Beast and concluded that it was the Nine-Tails.
• Darui urged Dodai to keep fighting because capturing the Tailed Beast was their only chance to save Killer B and protect Kumogakure.
• Kiyoshi and Yamato marveled at Kaze’s power, with Kiyoshi wondering whether their Hokage had become a true God of Shinobi.

Kaze overwhelmed the Cloud Ninja on Turtle Island with immense Fire and Water Release, then broke through their combined defenses with a lightning- and Haki-enhanced Water Dragon Bullet. The attack swept through the retreating Cloud Ninja, leaving their remaining forces under assault.

• Yamato compared Kaze's destructive Fire Release to the power he had believed Wood Release could use to suppress the Uchiha Clan.
• Kaze confirmed Kiyoshi and Yamato were safe, then decided the Cloud Ninja's elite forces could help him force Kumogakure to surrender.
• Kaze summoned a vast Water Dragon Bullet on dry grassland, shocking the Cloud Ninja with the scale of his Water Release.
• Dodai formed a Lava Release barrier, and dozens of Cloud Ninja reinforced it with Earth Release to create a towering wall.
• Kaze charged his Water Dragon Bullet with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's lightning and Armament Haki, then sent it crashing through the wall.
• The wall shattered, and the Water Dragon drove forward like a flood, swallowing the slower Cloud Ninja.