Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kiyoshi led Konoha’s forces to Kumogakure’s gates, where he defeated the four elders and the Daimyo Yururu’s samurai guards. After killing the last elder, Kurotsuchi, he stood poised to seize the village.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi used the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan to expose traps and advanced through the weakened Cloud Ninja and samurai forces, learning that no outside nation had sent aid.
• At Kumogakure’s gates, Elder Kurotsuchi, Elder Aoyama, Elder Green Water, and Elder Evening Wind refused Uchiha Kiyoshi’s offer to surrender.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi awakened the Mori Mori no Mi and joined the Uchiha clansmen’s Great Fire Annihilation to burn through the samurai guards.
• Elder Green Water and Elder Aoyama tried to stop the flames with Water Release, but Uchiha Kiyoshi attacked them and broke their spines.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Susanoo to defeat Elder Evening Wind, then killed Elder Kurotsuchi as he prepared a Lightning Release attack.

Uchiha Kiyoshi captured Kumogakure and announced Konoha’s victory, while Kaze prepared to move against the next nation. Yururu and Baiyun were left to choose between becoming Konoha citizens, living as displaced people, or dying for their fallen country.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi led Konoha’s forces into Kumogakure, subdued the remaining defenders, and promised the civilians that Konoha would protect them.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used the Raikage Building’s broadcast system to reassure Kumogakure’s civilians, then called Kaze to report that the village had fallen.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi told Kaze that the elders and Yururu’s samurai guards had been killed and that Konoha would occupy the rest of the Land of Lightning within three days.
• Kaze ordered Uchiha Kiyoshi to seize Yururu’s estate and the assets of the country’s leaders, then announced he would return to Konoha and target the Land of Wind next.
• Kaze told Yururu and Baiyun they could become Konoha citizens, live as displaced people, or die for their country, and the two collapsed after he left.

After Konoha captured Kumogakure in less than a night, Obito and Black Zetsu reconsidered the threat Kaze posed to their plans. The news reached Sunagakure and Iwagakure, where Rasa feared Konoha would target his village next and Ōnoki realized the Land of Lightning might fall.

• White Zetsu reported that Uchiha Kiyoshi’s force had captured Kumogakure with only four Konoha Jonin killed, shocking Obito and Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu concluded that Kaze’s growing power threatened the Moon Eye Plan and decided to revive Madara Uchiha after the Four-Tails was sealed.
• Hizashi Hyuga took Deidara from Sunagakure despite Rasa’s objections, and Konoha’s forces defeated the Sand Ninja sent to pursue them.
• Tairo told Rasa and Baki that Konoha had captured Kumogakure; Rasa feared Kaze would use the Chunin Exams to invade Sunagakure.
• Rasa reasoned that Sunagakure could not stop Konoha and doubted other nations would help if it were attacked.
• An Iwagakure messenger confirmed to Ōnoki and Kitsuchi that Kumogakure had fallen and the Land of Lightning faced destruction.

After Konoha conquered Kumogakure, Ōnoki and Mei Terumi recognized the danger and moved to unite Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure against Konoha. In Konoha, the victory fueled admiration for Kaze and political worries over who would govern the Land of Lightning, while Zabuza realized Kaze truly intended to unify the shinobi world.

• Ōnoki learned Kumogakure had fallen and told Kitsuchi that Konoha might target Iwagakure next, then ordered him to contact Sunagakure and Kirigakure about an alliance.
• Mei Terumi learned of Kumogakure's defeat, worried that Zabuza might help Konoha exploit Kirigakure's mist, and urged the other villages to form an alliance.
• Ao agreed to begin arranging an alliance among the three remaining shinobi villages.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confirmed Konoha's victory to Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, while Homura proposed bringing Uchiha Kiyoshi back and sending someone else to govern the Land of Lightning.
• Zabuza heard the victory announcement at the Uchiha Compound and realized Kaze was serious about unifying the shinobi world.

After Konoha conquered the Land of Lightning, Minato Namikaze analyzed the other great nations and warned that they might unite against Konoha. Zabuza joined Konoha on the condition that he would take charge of Kirigakure after its capture, while Kaze rejected Mitokado Homura’s attempt to replace Uchiha Kiyoshi as the Land of Lightning’s governor.

• Zabuza and Haku heard that the Land of Lightning had fallen, and Zabuza went to the Hokage Building to confirm the news and answer Kaze’s offer.
• Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru discussed Sunagakure as Konoha’s likely next target, while Minato warned that the remaining great nations might form an alliance.
• Kaze summoned Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru to the Hokage’s Office after returning to Konoha from the Land of Iron.
• Zabuza agreed to join Konoha and help capture Kirigakure, provided that he would be put in charge of it afterward.
• Mitokado Homura argued that someone other than Uchiha Kiyoshi should govern the Land of Lightning, but Kaze firmly backed Uchiha Kiyoshi.

Kaze rejected Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu’s objections and declared that Konoha would conquer Sunagakure, insisting that he had absolute certainty of success. He ordered the two elders to leave, while sensing that Minato Namikaze had arrived.

• Kaze presented a plan to use joint Chunin Exams as cover for an operation to seize Sunagakure, with Anbu and Hizashi’s forces prepared to support him.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu warned that attacking Sunagakure could unite the shinobi world against Konoha and provoke rebellion in the Land of Lightning.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Kaze about whether Konoha could annex Sunagakure, giving him an opportunity to answer the elders’ concerns.
• Kaze declared that Konoha had absolute certainty of taking Sunagakure and said every nation was already its enemy if it sought to unify the shinobi world.
• Kaze asserted his authority as Fifth Hokage and ordered Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to leave after sensing Minato Namikaze’s arrival.

Kaze invited Rasa, Mei Terumi, and Ōnoki to a joint Chunin Exam in Sunagakure and asked Minato Namikaze to take him to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Jutsu. While Kaze planned to master it within a week, the three Kage formed an alliance in the Land of Iron and agreed to assassinate him.

• Kaze told Minato Namikaze that he wanted to unify the shinobi world, showed him invitations to a four-village Chunin Exam in Sunagakure, and asked him to arrange a trip to Mount Myōboku.
• Minato Namikaze agreed to take Kaze to Mount Myōboku, and Kaze said he expected to learn senjutsu in one week.
• Ōnoki gathered Rasa and Mei Terumi in the Land of Iron to discuss an alliance against Konoha after Kaze annexed the Land of Lightning.
• Rasa proposed using the Chunin Exams to lure Kaze to Sunagakure and assassinate him, and Mei Terumi agreed in exchange for forty percent of the Land of Lightning.
• Ōnoki agreed to join Rasa and Mei Terumi, while Mifune secretly listened and intended to report their plan to Kaze.

After Mifune warned Kaze that the other three Kage planned to assassinate him at the Joint Chunin Exams, Kaze began his journey to Mount Myōboku with Minato Namikaze. Fukasaku agreed to help them, but Jiraiya woke to find his contract scroll missing.

• Mifune secretly called Kaze and revealed that Mei Terumi, Ōnoki, and Rasa planned to attack him during the Joint Chunin Exams.
• Kaze told Minato Namikaze about the warning, then signed Jiraiya’s summoning contract scroll so they could travel to Mount Myōboku.
• Minato Namikaze summoned Fukasaku, who recognized him after Minato removed his mask and explained that Kaze and Orochimaru had revived him with the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Kaze asked Fukasaku to help him learn sage arts so he could face the three Kage and pursue his plan to unify the shinobi world.
• Fukasaku agreed to help Kaze and Minato Namikaze, but they rejected his suggestion that he return to Mount Myōboku and reverse-summon them.
• Jiraiya woke at an inn and discovered that the contract scroll he carried had disappeared.

Kaze brought the Impure World Reincarnation Minato Namikaze to Mount Myōboku to learn senjutsu and explained his plan to unite the ninja world and truly revive Minato. Shima accepted Fukasaku’s decision to teach Kaze, but secretly summoned Jiraiya to ask what he knew about Kaze.

• Fukasaku reverse-summoned Kaze and Minato Namikaze to Mount Myōboku, where Shima was shocked to see Minato alive.
• Kaze explained that Orochimaru had used Impure World Reincarnation to bind Minato’s soul to a vessel and said he planned to revive him with the Rinnegan.
• Kaze revealed his Uchiha identity, described the Sharingan’s evolution toward the Rinnegan, and said he intended to unite the ninja world.
• Shima let Fukasaku teach Kaze senjutsu, then secretly reverse-summoned Jiraiya to ask about Kaze.
• Shima told Jiraiya that Kaze was at Mount Myōboku and had revived Minato, leaving Jiraiya stunned.

Jiraiya reunited with the revived Minato on Mount Myōboku, then challenged Kaze to judge the new Hokage for himself. Kaze accepted and answered Jiraiya’s first Fire Release attack with a massive Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

• Jiraiya learned from Shima that Minato had been revived and hurried to the Oil Toad Waterfall.
• Kaze watched Fukasaku demonstrate Sage Jutsu and explain the risks of absorbing too much Natural Energy.
• Jiraiya arrived and embraced Minato, moved by their reunion after twelve years apart.
• Jiraiya questioned Kaze about becoming Hokage, then asked him to spar to assess his character and strength.
• Jiraiya launched Fire Release: Flame Bullet, and Kaze countered with Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

Kaze overwhelmed Jiraiya in their spar on Mount Myōboku, using his speed and lightning-based Elementalization to evade Jiraiya’s attacks. After Jiraiya entered Sage Mode, he could finally harm Kaze, and their clash left the gathered toads stunned by Kaze’s strength.

• Kaze extinguished Jiraiya’s Flame Bullet with Water Dragon Bullet, then used Shave to appear behind him and strike him into the water dragon.
• Jiraiya escaped the water dragon with Needle Jizō, but Kaze passed through his Wild Lion’s Mane Technique and punched him into a deep crater.
• Bunta and the other toads arrived, and Fukasaku and Shima explained that Kaze was Konoha’s Fifth Hokage and had revived Minato Namikaze.
• Jiraiya tested Kaze’s Elementalization with shuriken while gathering Natural Energy, then entered Sage Mode and attacked him.
• Kaze met Jiraiya’s Sage Mode punch head-on, and Minato realized Kaze was holding his own without using the Nine-Tails’ Chakra or his Sharingan.

Kaze defeated Jiraiya in Sage Mode during their sparring match and earned his trust as a worthy Hokage. With the fight over, Fukasaku began teaching Kaze how to sense Natural Energy.

• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and attacked Kaze with Frog Kumite, but Kaze sensed the invisible Natural Energy and evaded it.
• Kaze struck Jiraiya in the flank with Armament Haki, sending him flying and leaving the gathered toads stunned.
• Kaze helped Jiraiya up, and they formed Konoha's Reconciliation Seal to end their sparring match.
• Jiraiya signaled to Fukasaku and Shima that Kaze was trustworthy, and Shima agreed to let Fukasaku teach him Sage Techniques.
• Gama Bunta invited Minato Namikaze for a drink, and Minato left with him using Flying Thunder God.
• Kaze followed Fukasaku back to the Oil Toad Waterfall, where Fukasaku began explaining how to sense Natural Energy.

Kaze began learning senjutsu from Fukasaku on Mount Myōboku and used Toad Oil to sense Natural Energy, then proposed using Shadow Clones to accelerate his training. Jiraiya and Fukasaku warned him about the risks, but Kaze revealed his Nine-Tails Chakra, leaving Jiraiya shocked by his control of it.

• Fukasaku explained how Toad Oil helped Kaze absorb Natural Energy and used the Black Rod to remove it before Kaze could become fully toadified.
• Kaze felt Natural Energy through the Toad Oil, and Fukasaku struck his head to expel it, leaving him with a painful lump.
• Kaze created eight Shadow Clones to speed up his senjutsu training, prompting Jiraiya and Fukasaku to warn him that the method could exhaust him and leave him vulnerable to toadification.
• Kaze argued that he lacked time because of Konoha's situation and the approaching Joint Chunin Exams, then revealed that he had plenty of Chakra.
• Jiraiya recognized the golden Chakra around Kaze as Nine-Tails Chakra and wondered how Kaze could control it like a perfect Jinchuriki.

Kaze trained at Mount Myōboku to master Sage Mode quickly, using Nine-Tails Chakra and repeated Shadow Clone attempts despite the danger. After only a few hours, he successfully refined Sage Chakra, leaving Fukasaku and the others stunned.

• Jiraiya realized Kaze had absorbed the Yin Nine-Tails from Minato Namikaze and understood that Kaze had held back during their fight.
• Kaze used Toad Oil and Shadow Clones to practice absorbing Natural Energy, while Fukasaku struck down clones that began transforming into frogs.
• Kaze recognized that his enormous Chakra reserves made Sage Mode difficult to enter quickly, but continued training and increased his clones to nine.
• Kaze trained through the day and night, with Fukasaku and later Jiraiya guarding him as his clones repeatedly vanished.
• After another attempt, Fukasaku sensed that Kaze had refined Sage Chakra and realized he had grasped the basics of senjutsu within a few hours.

Kaze demonstrated his immense strength in Sage Mode by lifting and catching a giant stone statue, then began training to enter Sage Mode without Toad Oil. He succeeded almost immediately, leaving Fukasaku, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze stunned.

• Kaze used Sage Mode to lift a giant stone statue with one hand, balance it on one finger, and catch it after hurling it into the sky.
• Fukasaku, Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and Gama Bunta were astonished by Kaze's strength, and Kaze returned to his normal state.
• Fukasaku explained how to sense Natural Energy without Toad Oil by remaining completely still, but Kaze declined the balance exercise and began meditating.
• Kaze absorbed Natural Energy and fused it with his Chakra, entering Sage Mode without Toad Oil and shocking Fukasaku, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze.

Kaze entered Sage Mode without Toad Oil and tested its power by unleashing a devastating Susanoo slash on Mount Myōboku’s distant mountain. As the witnesses recognized him as a God of Shinobi, Kaze sensed Obito nearby and went after him.

• Kaze entered Sage Mode on his first attempt without using Toad Oil, shocking Jiraiya, Fukasaku, Minato Namikaze, and Gama Bunta.
• Kaze formed his Mangekyō Sharingan Susanoo at Mount Myōboku’s testing ground and drew a Chakra tachi.
• Kaze’s first slash flattened a forest, and his next strike split and destroyed a distant mountain, sending shockwaves across Mount Myōboku.
• Fukasaku, Shima, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze concluded that Kaze had reached the realm of the God of Shinobi, while the Nine-Tails was intimidated by his power.
• Kaze sensed Obito near the area where he had tested his power and pursued him using Moonwalk.

Kaze captured and genjutsu-controlled White Zetsu, then discovered a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure arrow exposed by his earlier attack. He took the arrow after it pierced his palm, but gained no apparent ability, and returned to explain White Zetsu’s identity to Jiraiya and the others.

• Kaze used his Mind Net to locate White Zetsu, chased him into the forest, and pierced him with a controlled Lightning Spear.
• Kaze used Mangekyo-level Genjutsu to control White Zetsu, intending to take him to Konoha for Orochimaru to study and question.
• Kaze noticed a glimmer in the forest and found an arrow he recognized from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, speculating that Tama might have brought it from another world.
• The arrow pierced Kaze’s palm when he approached it, but he felt no new ability; he bandaged his hand and put the arrow in his ninja tool pouch.
• Gama Bunta arrived with Fukasaku, Shima, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze, and Kaze identified the captured creature as White Zetsu, a life-form created by Madara Uchiha and a member of the Akatsuki.

Kaze left Mount Myōboku after mastering Sage Mode and persuaded Jiraiya to return to Konoha with him and Minato Namikaze. As they traveled toward Konoha on Gama Bunta, Obito and Black Zetsu learned of Kaze’s power and decided to pursue Madara Uchiha’s revival, while Black Zetsu prepared to infiltrate Amegakure as a backup.

• Kaze invited Jiraiya to return to Konoha, and Jiraiya accepted after Minato Namikaze joined the appeal.
• Kaze persuaded Gama Bunta to carry the group to Konoha, and Fukasaku supported the request.
• Kaze, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze departed Mount Myōboku while Fukasaku and Shima reflected on Kaze’s talent.
• A White Zetsu reported Kaze’s mastery of Sage Mode to Obito and Black Zetsu, who feared his growing strength.
• Obito decided to persuade Nagato to revive Madara Uchiha, while Black Zetsu went to infiltrate Amegakure as a backup plan.

Kaze returned to Konoha with Jiraiya and the revived Minato, persuading Jiraiya to keep Minato’s identity secret and reconsider his view of Orochimaru. At Naka Shrine, Kaze awakened a Stand he named Red Star and began testing its abilities.

• Gama Bunta dropped Kaze, Jiraiya, and Minato near Konoha, and Kaze asked Jiraiya to conceal Minato’s revival.
• Kaze explained that Danzo had secretly continued the Hashirama-cell experiments and persuaded Jiraiya that Orochimaru was not their true mastermind.
• Kaze urged Jiraiya to work with Orochimaru and help reunite the Legendary Sannin, and Jiraiya agreed to keep Minato’s identity secret.
• Kaze escorted Jiraiya to the commercial street, then went alone to Naka Shrine to test the arrow he had found.
• A red, muscular Stand appeared behind Kaze, and he named it Red Star.
• Kaze found that Red Star could move about five meters from him and watched it smash the ground with a powerful punch.

Kaze tested Red Star’s overwhelming strength and discovered that Orochimaru could see the Stand. During their spar, Red Star revealed a lightning ability powerful enough to destroy Orochimaru’s Triple Rashomon, leaving Kaze excited about its potential and wondering what Stand Tama might have awakened.

• Kaze tested Red Star’s punching power, which created a massive crater, but learned it could not stop time when he tried commanding it to use The World.
• Orochimaru arrived at Naka Shrine, saw Red Star, and asked Kaze what it was; Kaze explained Stands as manifestations of spiritual energy and warned that awakening one could be deadly.
• Kaze asked Orochimaru to test Red Star, and Red Star charged him; Orochimaru used Dual Hidden Shadow Snake Hands to bind it, but Red Star tore the snakes apart.
• Red Star formed a Lightning Spear and hurled it through all three gates of Orochimaru’s Triple Rashomon without seeming to expend much stamina.
• Kaze admired Red Star’s power and wondered what kind of Stand Tama had awakened.