Chapter Summaries

Hashirama ran out of stamina after fighting Garp and Kuzan, and Kuzan prepared to freeze him. A lightning strike stopped Kuzan, and the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Kaze, appeared above the battlefield.

• Kuzan questioned how Hashirama had hit his Elementalized body, and Hashirama explained that the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique was a Genjutsu.
• Kuzan tested Hashirama by clashing fists with him, and Hashirama exhausted his Sage Chakra and collapsed.
• Kuzan acknowledged that Hashirama had only lost because he ran out of stamina, then began spreading cold air to freeze him.
• A bolt of lightning shattered Kuzan's cold air, and Hashirama recognized that help had arrived before collapsing.
• Garp and Kuzan looked up and saw a young man standing in midair, who introduced himself as Uchiha Kaze, the Fifth Hokage of Leaf Village.

Kaze arrived after Kuzan defeated Hashirama and confronted the Marines, learning that Garp had come to investigate the Land of Fire and establish a Marine branch. Kaze rejected the proposal and stood ready to settle the conflict with Kuzan.

• Kaze descended into the crater, assessed Hashirama and the injured Konoha ninjas, and recognized Kuzan and Garp as visitors from the Pirate World.
• Kaze restored some of Hashirama’s strength with Chakra, then approached Kuzan and asked why the Marines had come.
• Garp explained that he had been assigned to investigate the Land of Fire and wanted to establish a Marine branch there.
• Kaze refused to let Marine influence extend into the Land of Fire.

Kaze fought Kuzan after realizing Marine Headquarters likely wanted to monitor the Land of Fire, and he gained the upper hand in their clash. Garp speculated that Golden Lion Shiki might be connected to the island’s sudden appearance, while the battle remained unresolved.

• Kaze concluded that Garp’s proposal to establish a Marine branch was likely intended to monitor the Land of Fire, which could not join the World Government.
• Kuzan attacked Kaze with his Ice-Ice Fruit, but Kaze transformed into lightning and resisted the freezing ability.
• Kaze and Kuzan coated their fists with Armament Haki and collided, creating a shockwave that cracked the ground and freed Marine soldiers from Hashirama’s trees.
• Kaze stabilized after seven or eight steps while Kuzan slid back eight zhang, leading Garp to judge that Kaze had gained the upper hand.
• Garp recalled Golden Lion Shiki’s disappearance near East Blue and suspected that Shiki might have caused the Land of Fire to appear on the Grand Line.
• Kaze praised Kuzan for withstanding his attack while recognizing that he held the advantage in strength.

Kaze tested Kuzan’s ability to keep up with his extraordinary speed, forcing the admiral to defend himself and evade. Kaze then deliberately slowed down before striking, leaving Garp and the Marines stunned and wondering why he had given Kuzan a chance.

• Kaze moved so quickly that Kuzan had to use Observation Haki to track him and spread his ice body to evade.
• Kuzan coated himself in Armament Haki, but he could find no opening to attack Kaze.
• Kaze asked whether Kuzan could keep up with his speed, and Kuzan asked if Kaze could go even faster.
• Kaze slowed down and threw an Armament Haki-coated punch that Kuzan and the Uchiha clansmen could follow.
• Garp recognized that Kaze had deliberately slowed down, but he could not explain why, leaving Koby, Helmeppo, and the Marines shocked.

Kaze revealed Susanoo to defend against Kuzan’s Haki-coated ice spears, leaving Kuzan stunned by the strength of the defense. Kaze then launched Susanoo’s punch at Kuzan, who barely had time to reinforce himself with Armament Haki.

• Garp realized Kaze considered Kuzan far weaker and worried that the Marines could not win if Hashirama recovered and other Hokage joined the fight.
• Kuzan fired three Armament Haki-coated ice spears at Kaze, aiming for his vital points.
• Kaze awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and manifested Susanoo around himself as the Konoha Ninjas identified the technique.
• Susanoo shattered Kuzan’s ice spears without being damaged, leaving Kuzan shocked that his attack had failed.
• Kaze warned Kuzan as Susanoo formed an arm and punched at him, forcing Kuzan to brace with Armament Haki.

Kuzan recovered from Kaze’s Susanoo strike and unleashed Ice Age, freezing much of the Land of Fire and overwhelming the Konoha Ninjas. The chapter ended with Hashirama and the surviving ninjas stunned by the Marine admiral’s immense power.

• Kaze struck Kuzan with Susanoo, sending him crashing into a crater while Garp shielded Koby and Helmeppo from the impact.
• Kuzan gathered himself in the crater, resolved to fight seriously, and waited as Kaze approached from above.
• Kuzan unleashed Ice Age, forcing Garp to leap away with Koby and Helmeppo as the cold froze nearby marines and Hashirama’s trees.
• Hashirama used Water Style: Water Wall to protect himself, while the Konoha Ninjas countered the advancing cold with Great Fire Annihilation.
• Kuzan’s cold overcame the flames and froze the surrounding land, wildlife, and marine soldiers, leaving the Konoha Ninjas and Hashirama shocked.

Kuzan froze much of the Land of Fire’s southern forest, forcing Hashirama to shelter the shivering Konoha Ninja, Koby, and Helmeppo in a wooden villa. As Kaze faced Kuzan again, Garp joined the fight, leaving Kaze to confront both Marines.

• Kuzan’s Ice Age froze nearly half the southern forest, drove temperatures below thirty degrees Celsius, and trapped Marine soldiers and Konoha Ninja in the cold.
• Hashirama built a three-story wooden villa and invited the Konoha Ninja, Koby, and Helmeppo inside to warm themselves by a fire.
• Garp stayed outside, and Hashirama realized he intended to join forces with Kuzan against Kaze.
• After watching Kaze and Kuzan’s battle from the villa, Garp recovered enough to use Moonwalk and moved to flank Kaze alongside Kuzan.
• Garp told Kaze that he and Kuzan were joining forces because Kaze was the strongest Naruto of the Land of Fire, and Kaze remarked that Kuzan alone was not much of a challenge.

Garp joined Kuzan against Kaze, while Hashirama stayed behind to recover his Chakra and watched the fight. Kaze held off their opening attacks with Susanoo and Red Thought, but Kuzan’s Armament Haki-coated ice blade cut through Susanoo and left Kaze exposed as its sword aura closed in.

• Garp joined Kuzan, and Hashirama chose not to enter the battle because his Chakra had not recovered.
• Kaze welcomed the two attackers and faced their coordinated assault as Kuzan charged from the front and Garp feinted from behind.
• Kaze expanded Susanoo to half a skeletal body and released Red Thought to intercept Garp.
• Garp and Red Thought traded punches, sending each other backward before Garp steadied himself with Moonwalk.
• Susanoo blocked Kuzan’s uncoated ice weapons, but Kuzan then slashed it apart with an Armament Haki-coated ice blade, exposing Kaze to the sword aura.

Kaze deflected Kuzan’s attack with Enma, prompting Garp to recognize it as Kozuki Oden’s sword and question Kaze about its origins. Kaze refused to explain and resumed fighting, leaving Garp to battle his substitute while he faced Kuzan with Susanoo.

• Kaze drew Enma and used its Haki to tear apart Kuzan’s sword energy, surprising Kuzan and Garp.
• Garp recognized Enma as Kozuki Oden’s sword and asked Kaze how he had obtained it, but Kaze refused to answer.
• Garp speculated that Kaze and his ninja were connected to the Land of Wano, and Kaze mocked Kozuki Oden.
• Garp and Kuzan attacked Kaze together, but Kaze assigned Garp to his substitute and restored his Susanoo to face Kuzan.
• Kaze’s Susanoo punched through Kuzan’s ice-and-Haki shield and drove him back, while Red Thought blocked Garp’s attacks and baffled him.

As Garp’s attacks failed to penetrate Kaze’s invisible defense, Konoha ninjas speculated that Kaze was holding back, while Koby and Helmeppo struggled to understand his power. An Uchiha clan member explained Kekkei Genkai and the Sharingan, ending by criticizing the Susanoo form associated with Kaze.

• Garp repeatedly attacked Kaze’s stand-in but was stopped by an invisible barrier, leaving the onlookers baffled.
• Konoha ninjas praised Kaze’s strength and guessed that he was holding back to protect the forest, while Koby defended Garp and Helmeppo urged him to stop.
• An Uchiha clan member told Koby and Helmeppo that Kekkei Genkai were inherited abilities, including techniques created by combining Chakra nature transformations.
• Koby asked whether Hashirama’s Wood Style was a Kekkei Genkai, and the Uchiha confirmed that it was.
• The Uchiha explained the Sharingan, Mangekyō Sharingan, and Susanoo, then claimed that Kaze’s Susanoo did not resemble a true War God.

Kaze’s Stand, Red Thought, wore Garp down and struck him with a paralyzing blow while Kaze monitored the fight. Garp remained conscious despite the attack, and Kaze reflected that Garp in his prime might have defeated Red Thought, though not Kaze himself.

• Koby and Helmeppo feared the Land of Fire’s power and resolved to survive long enough to send intelligence to Marine Headquarters.
• Hashirama reconsidered Red Thought’s strength after watching it repeatedly stop Garp, and wondered how Stands were created.
• Garp grew exhausted as Red Thought blocked his attacks without tiring.
• Red Thought struck Garp in the lower back with Armament Haki and an electric shock, leaving him paralyzed and vomiting blood.
• Kaze judged that Garp had endured the blow despite having less than half his strength, and considered that Garp at his peak might defeat Red Thought.
• Red Thought rushed in and drove its knee into Garp’s abdomen.

Kaze’s Red Thought overwhelmed Garp with a lightning-charged strike, leaving him unconscious in a crater while Kuzan could not intervene. After Koby and Helmeppo begged Hashirama to save Garp, Hashirama agreed and created a Wood Style Clone.

• Kuzan tried to reach Garp, but Kaze stopped him with a flying slash and then blocked Kuzan’s sword aura with his Susanoo.
• Red Thought struck Garp with a two-hundred-million-volt, Haki-coated blow, driving him through Kuzan’s Ice Age and into a deep crater.
• Koby and Helmeppo feared Garp would die in the extreme cold, but the Konoha Ninjas showed no interest in helping him.
• Koby and Helmeppo pleaded with Hashirama to bring Garp back to the villa, and Hashirama agreed.
• Hashirama formed a Wood Style Clone and explained the Ninjutsu to Koby and Helmeppo.

Hashirama explained the Land of Fire’s clone techniques to Koby, Helmeppo, and Garp, then rescued Garp and revealed that his clones could use his Ninjutsu. As Garp recovered, Kaze fought Kuzan without summoning his Stand and struck him with Susanoo’s Chakra tachi.

• Koby asked whether all ninjas could create clones, and Hashirama explained that Wood Release Clones required his Kekkei Genkai while other Clone Jutsu were available to ninjas.
• Hashirama carried the weakened Garp back to the villa, saying he would not leave him in the harsh weather and that Koby and Helmeppo had asked him to help.
• Hashirama’s Wood Release Clone disappeared in front of Garp, and Hashirama confirmed that his clones could use the same Ninjutsu as he could.
• Garp realized the Land of Fire’s strength made it a serious threat to Marine Headquarters, while Hashirama said he would fight back if war came.
• Kaze told Kuzan he would not summon his Stand and attacked him with Susanoo’s Chakra tachi, forcing Kuzan to block the powerful slash with his ice blade.

Kuzan made a final attempt to freeze Kaze inside Susanoo, but Kaze’s Golden Body Mode withstood the cold until Kuzan exhausted himself. Kaze broke free and summoned Complete Body Susanoo, preparing to take his turn.

• Kuzan surrounded Kaze’s Susanoo with Haki-coated ice beasts and attacked from above with an ice blade, which pierced Susanoo but stopped short of Kaze.
• Kuzan used the beasts and embedded blade to channel extreme cold into Susanoo, while Kaze remained still and activated Golden Body Mode to resist it.
• Kaze’s golden Chakra produced enough heat to keep him safe inside the frozen Susanoo, and Kuzan’s beasts began to disappear as he conserved his stamina.
• Kuzan ran out of strength and stopped releasing cold air, leaving him exhausted while Kaze remained unharmed.
• Kaze shattered the ice around Susanoo, unleashed his Chakra, and formed Complete Body Susanoo.

Kaze revealed his complete Susanoo and overwhelmed Kuzan, leaving the Marines convinced that defeat was inevitable. He chose not to kill Kuzan outright, but his final blow drove Kuzan into the earth and sent a shockwave toward the villa, where Hashirama tried to shield the frozen Marines.

• Kaze manifested a complete Susanoo more than two hundred meters tall, shocking Kuzan, Garp, Koby, and Helmeppo while the Konoha ninjas celebrated his power.
• Kaze considered sparing Kuzan and recruiting him and Garp to the Land of Fire rather than provoking a war with the World Government.
• Kaze immobilized Kuzan with pressure and struck him with a Haki-coated Susanoo fist, then drove him into the ground.
• The impact sent a powerful shockwave toward the villa and the Marines frozen by Kuzan’s Ice Age.
• Hashirama used Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence to protect the Marines and blunt the shockwave, but the impact uprooted trees and flattened the area.

Kaze defeated Kuzan and returned with him to the villa, where Garp asked Hashirama to spare the Marine soldiers. Hashirama promised to make the request, though Kaze would decide what happened to them.

• The ice trapping the Marines shattered, and Kaze warmed the freezing soldiers with a Great Fireball Technique before confirming Kuzan's defeat.
• Kaze carried the unconscious Kuzan out of the pit while the Marines watched helplessly and feared that Garp was dead.
• Hashirama and the Konoha Ninja saw Kaze return with Kuzan, leaving Koby and Helmeppo in despair and Garp impressed by Kaze's strength.
• Garp asked Hashirama to spare the Marine soldiers, explaining that they had only followed his orders and were still young.
• Hashirama promised Garp that he would ask Kaze to let the soldiers leave.

After defeating Garp and Kuzan, Kaze spared the Marines and arranged for them to receive treatment in the village. While escorting Garp back, Kaze discussed his Stand and heard Garp describe how the Land of Fire and its ninjas seemed to have appeared in a world unfamiliar to him, a mystery Kaze understood but did not explain.

• Hashirama and Garp emerged from the villa, and the Marines were relieved to see Garp alive while Kuzan remained unconscious.
• Kaze ordered the Marines taken to the Leaf Village Police Force for medical care, and Garp told his soldiers to surrender their weapons and obey.
• Kaze invited Garp to walk back to the village with him, carrying Kuzan himself while Red Thought transported him.
• Garp asked about Kaze's Stand, and Kaze described it as a manifestation of spiritual power.
• Koby asked what had happened to the island, and Garp explained that he had never known of the Land of Fire or its ninjas despite sailing the route many times.
• Kaze recognized that the worlds had merged because of Tama's awakened ability but told Garp that he shared his confusion.

Kaze explained how he had unified the island into the Land of Fire and proposed trading information about the outside world for Garp and the Marines’ lives. After Kaze gave Garp one night to decide, Black Zetsu watched from hiding and was stunned by Garp and Kuzan’s strength.

• Kaze told Garp that centuries of conflict among the island’s nations had kept them from exploring beyond the sea, and that he had recently unified those nations into the Land of Fire.
• Garp warned Kaze that a war with Marine Headquarters would bring heavy losses, and Kaze said he had no intention of starting one but wanted information about the outside world.
• Kaze revealed that his people had seized Garp’s warship and offered to release the Marines if Garp shared information about the Grand Line.
• Kaze gave Garp one night to consider the exchange, then left him and his subordinates in custody.
• Black Zetsu emerged from hiding and marveled at the strength of Garp and Kuzan, imagining they could rival Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

Black Zetsu devised a plan to provoke a war between the Marines and Kaze, hoping to use Marine Admirals to kill Kaze and revive Mother Kaguya. Meanwhile, Kaze brought Garp and Kuzan to the Hokage Building, where Garp reflected on how undeveloped the Land of Fire was.

• Black Zetsu concluded that the Marines came from another civilization after linking their arrival to the planet-wide tremor.
• Black Zetsu planned to exploit his knowledge of Kaze and provoke the Marines into fighting him, believing three Marine Admirals could defeat Kaze.
• Black Zetsu decided to use Sharingan and Genjutsu to gather intelligence, contact Marine Headquarters, and bring several dozen White Zetsu with him.
• Kaze refused the Leaf Village Police Force's offer to help and directed them to disperse the villagers watching Garp and Kuzan.
• Kaze escorted Garp and Kuzan to the Hokage Building, where Garp realized the Land of Fire was less developed than he had expected.

Garp recognized Robin as the former Devil Child, while Kaze made clear that Robin was under his protection. After moving Kuzan and arranging rooms for Garp and his companions, Kaze left them under Anbu surveillance, and Garp considered whether to trade Grand Line intelligence to protect the captured Marines.

• Robin appeared in the Hokage Building and recognized the unconscious Kuzan, prompting Garp to realize she was Nico Robin from Ohara.
• Kaze protected Robin from Garp’s questioning, and Robin confirmed her identity before leaving to return to work.
• Helmeppo explained Robin’s history and bounty to Koby, while Garp avoided discussing his own connection to the Ohara Incident.
• Kaze took Kuzan to the lounge, assigned Hizashi to watch him, and arranged monitored rooms for Garp, Koby, and Helmeppo.
• Garp reassured Koby and Helmeppo about the food, then acknowledged that Kaze’s strength and the captured Marines left him little choice but to consider the proposed exchange.