Chapter Summaries

Kaze overwhelmed the Cloud Ninja on Turtle Island with a Water Dragon Bullet Technique and then unleashed thousands of Lightning Release Shuriken. The surviving Cloud Ninja struggled to defend themselves as the attack continued.

• Darui warned the Cloud Ninja to retreat from Kaze's flood, but the rushing water and high-voltage current killed many of them.
• The flood subsided after devastating the forest, leaving the remaining Cloud Ninja shocked by the scale of Kaze's power.
• Darui assessed that Kumogakure's force had fallen from more than three hundred and sixty ninjas to a little over two hundred.
• Kaze used Observation Haki and the Sharingan to target the remaining Cloud Ninja, then multiplied four Lightning Release Shuriken into thousands.
• Darui narrowly dodged the Shuriken, while an Elite Jonin knocked Dodai down before the attack pierced his Rubber Wall.
• The Lightning Release Shuriken sliced through the Cloud Ninja's swords and pierced their bodies.

Kaze devastated the Cloud Ninja on Turtle Island, leaving the surviving Darui unable to match him. As Kaze struck at a newcomer, he recognized the Fifth Raikage Darui and greeted him like an old friend.

• Kaze used Lightning Release Shuriken to kill dozens of Cloud Ninja, while Kiyoshi and Yamato watched in shock.
• Kiyoshi and Yamato realized Kaze could wipe out the Cloud force and leave Kumogakure severely weakened.
• Furious at his comrades' losses, Darui charged Kaze with a Shadow Clone and attacked with Double Black Panther and his short sword.
• Kaze vanished from Darui's attack, then appeared to punch someone else as the younger Darui recognized Kumogakure's Fifth Raikage, Darui.
• Kaze greeted the Fifth Raikage Darui as an old friend, while Darui faced him with killing intent.

Killer B confronted Kaze on Turtle Island, seeking revenge and the Nine-Tails for Kumogakure. He ordered Dodai to stand down and prepared to fight Kaze to the death, leaving the village’s future at stake.

• Killer B attacked Kaze, and their fists collided, sending a shockwave that swept away Darui, Dodai, and the surrounding Cloud Ninja.
• Killer B recognized Kaze as Konoha’s Hokage and faced him with intense killing intent over his brother’s death, Gyuki’s extraction, and Kumogakure’s losses.
• Dodai warned Killer B that Kaze held the Nine-Tails, not Gyuki, and that the plan to save Killer B by resealing the beast might fail.
• Killer B said he would die without Gyuki anyway and planned to take the Nine-Tails for Kumogakure, with Darui becoming its new Jinchuriki.
• Killer B declared that this was his final order as the Fifth Raikage.

Killer B confronted Kaze as the Fifth Raikage, hoping to reclaim the Tailed Beasts and avenge his brother, but Kaze overwhelmed him with his speed and power. Killer B used the Eight-Tails’ remaining Chakra to block Kaze’s decisive punch and vowed to die before letting the Tailed Beasts leave Turtle Island.

• Killer B took command as the Fifth Raikage, activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and ordered Dodai to carry out his final command.
• Kaze stopped Kiyoshi and Yamato from joining the fight and faced Killer B while Kumogakure’s ninjas attacked him with Shuriken and Kunai.
• Kaze charged past the incoming weapons and clashed with Killer B, whose lightning-enhanced reflexes let him strike back with his fist and short sword.
• Kaze caught Killer B’s sword with a Chakra hand and exposed him to a punch, but Killer B blocked it with a hand formed from the Eight-Tails’ remaining Chakra.
• Killer B declared that he was ready to die rather than let the Tailed Beasts leave Turtle Island.

Killer B transformed using the Eight-Tails’ Chakra and fought Kaze to keep the Nine-Tails inside Kaze on Turtle Island. While Kiyoshi and Yamato faced the Cloud Ninja, Killer B revealed that he had mastered the Third Raikage’s Hell Stab and charged at Kaze with its four-finger form.

• Darui realized Killer B intended to sacrifice himself so Kaze could shoulder Kumogakure’s burden and become the Sixth Raikage.
• Killer B drew on the Eight-Tails’ Chakra, transformed, and clashed with Kaze, whose Golden Body Mode matched his speed and strength.
• Cloud Ninja rushed Kiyoshi and Yamato, who recovered enough to stand back-to-back and prepare to fight using their Sharingan and Wood Release.
• Killer B mocked Kaze, then revealed that he had mastered Hell Stab: Four-Finger Stab, the technique Kaze had used to kill his older brother.
• Killer B launched himself at Kaze like a Lightning Spear, and Kaze recognized the danger of his opponent’s strength.

Kaze overwhelmed Killer B with his Hell Stab attacks and prepared to kill him as Dodai and the Cloud Ninja rallied to defend the Raikage. Kaze chose to strike straight through their reinforced Earth Style Wall, with his attack just beginning.

• Kaze met Killer B's Four-Finger Stab with his own and forced Killer B backward.
• Kaze struck Killer B with a Three-Finger Stab, injuring him and sending him flying into Dodai's rubber cushion.
• Kaze formed a Two-Finger Thrust and made clear that he intended to kill Killer B.
• Dodai ordered more than thirty Kumogakure Jonin to raise an Earth Style Wall while Killer B prepared his own Two-Finger Thrust.
• Kaze locked onto Killer B with Observation Haki and charged directly at the wall.

Kaze and Killer B fought to a draw after Kaze broke through the Cloud Ninja’s Earth Style Walls and Dodai’s Lava Release. Both prepared to settle the battle with their next, more powerful thrust.

• Kaze used black lightning and his Two-Finger Thrust to shatter the Cloud Ninja’s Earth Style Walls and push through Dodai’s Lava Release.
• Killer B charged at Kaze, and their two-finger thrusts collided in an evenly matched clash that blasted the surrounding Cloud Ninja away and formed a massive crater.
• Killer B realized the defenses and attacks of the other Cloud Ninja had helped him avoid being badly injured by Kaze.
• Kaze formed his One-Finger Thrust, and Killer B matched him as Dodai and the other Jonin emerged battered and exhausted.

Dodai rallied the remaining Cloud Ninja to weaken Kaze before Darui’s final duel, but Kaze broke through their defenses and charged at Darui. Darui then aimed his One-Finger Nukite at Kaze’s heart, choosing a mutual kill as their attacks closed in.

• Dodai ordered the remaining Cloud Ninja to abandon their fight with Kiyoshi and Yamato and help weaken Kaze.
• Darui accepted the plan and challenged Kaze to a final clash, while Kaze refused to stall and chose to fight him at full strength.
• The Cloud Ninja layered Water, Lightning, Earth, and Lava Release defenses in front of Darui, but Kaze absorbed their lightning and shattered the barriers with his One-Finger Nukite.
• Darui unleashed his full power and aimed his One-Finger Nukite at Kaze’s heart, while Kaze’s thrust was aimed at Darui’s chest.

Kaze defeated Killer B’s fatal One-Finger Nukite by turning his body into lightning and letting the attack pass through him. Killer B realized his strike had failed as Kaze stood unharmed over him in the crater.

• Killer B redirected his One-Finger Nukite toward Kaze’s heart and abandoned his defense in a suicidal attack.
• Killer B pierced a hole through Kaze’s chest while Kaze’s Black Lightning blasted apart half of Killer B’s body.
• Killer B believed his attack had killed Kaze and praised the Third Raikage’s spear as the stronger technique.
• Kaze’s chest healed completely, revealing that he had used Elementalization to let Killer B’s attack pass through him.
• Kaze explained to Killer B that his technique was not Lightning Release armor but a transformation of his body into energy like lightning.

Kaze explained his Lightning Transformation Technique to the dying Killer B, who asked him to spare the Cloud Ninja before he died. Kaze made no promise, and as the survivors gathered around the crater, he prepared to eliminate them and force the Land of Lightning to surrender.

• Kaze explained that he had transformed his body into lightning to let Killer B's One-Finger Nukite pass through him.
• Killer B asked Kaze what he planned to do with the remaining Cloud Ninja and begged him to spare them, but Kaze gave no answer.
• Killer B drew his final breath, and Kiyoshi and Yamato found Kaze standing unharmed in the crater.
• The Cloud Ninja reacted with disbelief and rage when they saw Killer B's body, while Kaze resolved to eliminate everyone on Turtle Island.
• Tudai and Darui stared at Killer B's remains, and Dodai confirmed that he could no longer sense Killer B's Chakra.

Kaze killed Killer B and remained composed, while the surviving Cloud Ninja realized they could not defeat him. The chapter ended with Kiyoshi reflecting that Killer B had been powerful, but had faced an even greater monster in Kaze.

• Dodai and Darui sensed that Killer B had died and saw that Kaze still had abundant Chakra and killing intent.
• Darui recognized that the exhausted Cloud Ninja faced total annihilation if they attacked Kaze.
• Several Cloud Ninja charged Kaze, but Yamato used Wood Style to knock them away before they reached him.
• Kiyoshi asked Kaze how to deal with the remaining Cloud Ninja and reflected on Killer B's strength and his fatal choice of opponent.

After killing Killer B, Kaze replenished Kiyoshi and Yamato’s strength with Tailed Beast Chakra as the surviving Cloud Ninja considered surrender. Kaze rejected their plea and ordered his men to kill every remaining Cloud Ninja, leaving Darui furious.

• Kaze transferred Tailed Beast Chakra to Kiyoshi and Yamato, restoring their strength and allowing Kiyoshi to awaken his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Darui recognized that the remaining Cloud Ninja could not defeat Kaze and urged Dodai to surrender.
• Darui waved a strip of white cloth and declared that the Cloud Ninja admitted defeat, though they resisted surrendering to Kaze.
• Kaze ignored Darui’s plea and ordered Kiyoshi and Yamato to leave no Cloud Ninja alive.
• Kiyoshi unleashed Susanoo and began killing the surviving Cloud Ninja while Yamato joined the attack.
• Darui cursed Kaze for ordering the massacre, and Kaze replied that the Cloud Ninja should have expected this after attacking him.

Kaze watched as Kiyoshi and Yamato used the Nine-Tails Chakra to slaughter the exhausted Cloud Ninja. Darui and Dodai died during the massacre, leaving the remaining Kumogakure forces helpless against Kaze and his allies.

• Kiyoshi and Yamato regained their strength with the Nine-Tails Chakra, and Kiyoshi unleashed Susanoo against the Cloud Ninja.
• Darui abandoned his decision to surrender and charged Kaze, who pierced his chest with a Chakra fist and killed him.
• Kiyoshi used Susanoo to cut Dodai in half before continuing his attack on the Kumogakure Jonin.
• Dodai watched his subordinates die, regretted organizing the assassination operation, and broke down in despair.

Kiyoshi and Yamato helped Kaze wipe out the Cloud Ninja force on Turtle Island, including Darui and Tudai. White Zetsu witnessed the massacre and discovered that Kaze had also detected every White Zetsu hiding nearby.

• Kiyoshi and Yamato killed the Cloud Ninja force, including Darui, Tudai, and more than three hundred ninjas.
• Kiyoshi and Yamato returned to Kaze and discussed how Kumogakure's losses could weaken the village.
• White Zetsu watched from a tree and realized Kaze had defeated the Cloud Ninja almost single-handedly.
• White Zetsu prepared to report Kaze's power to Obito and Black Zetsu.
• Kaze hurled Kunai at the hidden White Zetsu and used the Shadow Clone Kunai Technique to expose them all.

Kaze uncovered Obito’s ambush of White Zetsu on Turtle Island, defeated the hidden forces, and captured some of the creatures for Konoha. He left with intelligence about Obito’s plan and expected Kumogakure to surrender after its defeat.

• Kaze used Golden Body Mode and Mind Net to locate hundreds of White Zetsu hidden across Turtle Island.
• Kaze captured a White Zetsu and used Mangekyō Sharingan Genjutsu to learn that Obito had manipulated Kumogakure’s Elders and planned to seize the Nine-Tails.
• Kiyoshi and Yamato joined Kaze in fighting the White Zetsu, while the creatures abandoned Obito’s plan after Kaze crushed Kumogakure’s forces with little loss of Chakra.
• Kaze ordered Kiyoshi and Yamato to capture more than a dozen White Zetsu for Konoha and destroy the rest, though a few escaped to report to Obito and Black Zetsu.
• Kaze prepared to return to Konoha with his captives and concluded that Kumogakure would have to surrender after its heavy losses.

Kaze captured White Zetsu on Turtle Island and told Kiyoshi and Yamato that Madara Uchiha had created them and posed a threat to Konoha. A surviving White Zetsu reported the destruction of Kumogakure’s force to Obito and Black Zetsu, leaving Obito stunned by Kaze’s strength.

• Kaze left some White Zetsu alive, trapped them in a Genjutsu World, and had Kiyoshi bind and transport them.
• Kaze told Kiyoshi and Yamato that Madara Uchiha had attacked Konoha, monitored him with White Zetsu, and taken Itachi.
• Kaze explained that Madara had turned against the Uchiha after they chose to remain in Konoha, and Kiyoshi and Yamato vowed to stop his schemes.
• Kaze chose to leave the Cloud Ninja corpses on Turtle Island for Kumogakure to find and bury.
• A surviving White Zetsu escaped to Hell Realm and told Obito and Black Zetsu that Kaze had killed Darui, Tudai, and more than three hundred Cloud Ninja.
• Obito struggled to believe the report and was frightened by Kaze’s power.

After Kaze wiped out the Cloud Ninja forces and captured or destroyed the White Zetsu on Turtle Island, Obito and Black Zetsu considered how to counter him. Black Zetsu proposed using Impure World Reincarnation to revive famous ninja and gain allies.

• Obito learned that Kaze had mastered the Nine-Tails Chakra and defeated the Cloud Ninja forces in less than an hour.
• White Zetsu reported that Kaze could sense them and had destroyed or captured the White Zetsu sent to Turtle Island.
• Black Zetsu realized Kaze's new ability threatened their intelligence network and made reviving the Ten-Tails impossible without the missing Tailed Beasts.
• Obito weighed using Nagato or reviving Madara Uchiha to defeat Kaze, but hesitated to surrender his plans to Madara.
• Black Zetsu proposed finding Orochimaru's research and Konoha's Forbidden Jutsu scroll to use Impure World Reincarnation to revive famous ninja as allies.

Yuruda's Chunin team investigated Turtle Island and found hundreds of dead White Zetsu and a wasteland of corpses near True Waterfall. At the bottom of a huge crater, they discovered Fifth Raikage Darui, Tudai, and a gravely mutilated Killer B, leaving Yuruda stunned.

• Kumogakure's Elders sent Yuruda and seven Chunin to investigate Turtle Island after Killer B disappeared.
• Yuruda's team found hundreds of White Zetsu corpses scattered across the island and no Cloud Ninja bodies among them.
• Yuruda led the team toward True Waterfall, where they found the forest reduced to a wasteland covered in corpses.
• The Chunin discovered a massive crater and saw Darui, Tudai, and the remains of Killer B at its bottom.
• Yuruda fell to his knees at the crater's edge, unable to believe what had happened.

Yuruda found Killer B, Tudai, Darui, and the Cloud Ninja dead on Turtle Island, then returned to Kumogakure with evidence of the massacre. The village’s Elders realized Kumogakure was dangerously vulnerable to a Kaze-led invasion and began considering how to respond.

• Yuruda and his squad discovered Killer B and the other Cloud Ninja dead, with no Konoha bodies at the scene.
• Yuruda ordered some men to guard the corpses and returned to Kumogakure with Killer B’s and Tudai’s bodies.
• Yuruda reported his findings to the Elders in Killer B’s office, where the bodies confirmed the scale of the massacre.
• The Elders discussed Kumogakure’s weakened defenses and feared that Kaze would exploit the village’s losses.
• An Elder proposed placing a bounty on Kaze.

Kaze planned to exploit Kumogakure’s defeat and expand Konoha’s power, then asked Kiyoshi to leave Konoha and rule the Land of Lightning as its new Daimyo. Kiyoshi and Yamato were stunned by the proposal.

• Kaze assessed the weakened state of Kumogakure and considered how little resistance the other shinobi villages could offer.
• Kaze planned to contact Rasa about holding the Chunin Exams in Sunagakure while secretly moving against Kumogakure.
• Kaze asked Kiyoshi whether he had ever considered leaving Konoha, and Kiyoshi vowed that he would never betray Kaze or the village.
• Kaze explained that he wanted to end the era of shinobi villages and annex the Land of Lightning.
• Kaze offered Kiyoshi the position of Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, leaving Kiyoshi and Yamato bewildered.