Chapter Summaries

Obito approached Kaze while pretending to be Madara Uchiha and tried to recruit him into the Moon Eye Plan. Kaze rejected the offer and challenged Obito to remove his mask, calling him by his real name.

• Obito explained that he had monitored Kaze and wanted to cooperate with him to gather the Tailed Beasts.
• Obito told Kaze that the Anbu watching him had been incapacitated, but Kaze remained unconcerned.
• Obito argued that becoming Naruto would not end war and urged Kaze to join his plan for a world without pain.
• Kaze rejected Obito's plan and questioned why he should trust someone hiding his identity.
• Kaze called Obito by name and dared him to remove his mask.

Kaze exposed Obito's identity and condemned him for the Nine-Tails' Rampage and other atrocities, rejecting his offer to cooperate. Obito attacked in a fury, and Kaze retaliated with lightning and intense heat that left Obito screaming in pain.

• Kaze named Obito and challenged him to remove his mask, while Obito denied being Obito.
• Kaze berated Obito for blaming Minato over Rin's death and for causing the Nine-Tails' Rampage, framing the Uchiha Clan, and committing other atrocities.
• Kaze questioned Obito's offer of cooperation and named the plans he suspected Obito of pursuing.
• Obito, stunned by Kaze's knowledge and angered by his accusations, dropped a black chain and charged at him.
• Kaze threw Naruto off his back, became lightning, and struck Obito through the chain with high-voltage electricity and extreme heat.

Kaze severely burned Obito and stopped him from taking Naruto, while Obito explained his desire to remake the world after Rin’s death. Kaze dismissed Obito’s convictions and left with Naruto, prompting Obito to suspect that Kaze’s plans were aimed at him.

• Obito attacked Kaze, but Kaze’s lightning burned the right side of Obito’s body before he escaped into another dimension.
• Kaze sent a Lightning Beast after Obito, but Obito’s Mangekyo ability let the attack pass through him.
• Obito lunged for Naruto, and Kaze trapped the area around Naruto in an electric net that kept Obito from touching him.
• Obito told Kaze that Rin’s death had convinced him the world was at fault and that he wanted to create a world without pain.
• Kaze mocked Obito, picked up Naruto, and left, while Obito grew angry and suspected Kaze was preparing to deal with him.

After Obito reported that Kaze had exposed his identity and nearly killed him, Black Zetsu decided Kaze threatened the Moon Eye Plan and proposed having Kirigakure and the Raikage attack Konoha. Obito set off to arrange the plan, while Kaze returned home with Naruto, unaware that they had targeted him.

• Obito returned to the Hell Realm injured and told Black Zetsu that Kaze had identified him and countered his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Black Zetsu worried that Kaze knew about Obito's identity and their plans, and agreed with Obito that Kaze had to be eliminated.
• Black Zetsu proposed using the Fourth Raikage and the Fourth Mizukage to attack Konoha and create an opportunity to kill Kaze.
• Obito agreed that Kaze could be sent to the front lines and vanished to arrange the attack.
• Kaze returned home with Naruto and sneezed, wondering who was talking about him.

Kaze invited Hizashi Hyuga to discuss recruiting the Hyuga Clan into the Leaf Village Police Force, hoping to strengthen the force and challenge the Branch Family’s fate under the Caged Bird Seal. Hizashi hesitated, and Kaze pressed him to consider whether he wanted Neji to suffer the same subordination.

• Naruto recovered from training overnight, mastered Soru, and began practicing Chakra Emission while Kaze worked on Haki.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi brought Hizashi Hyuga to meet Kaze at the training ground.
• Kaze thanked Hizashi for coming and reassured him that no one would force the Hyuga Clan to surrender a corpse to Kumogakure.
• Kaze proposed that the Hyuga Clan use its Byakugan to help the Leaf Village Police Force find evidence and catch criminals.
• When Hizashi began to refuse, Kaze asked whether he could bear to see Neji obey the Main Family and live under the same fate as him.

Kaze challenged Hizashi to question the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family and Branch Family system, then revealed he believed the Caged Bird Seal could be removed. Hizashi left shocked but hopeful that Neji might be freed from the seal.

• Hizashi admitted he resented Neji being born into the Branch Family and doubted the Main Family Elders would ever change the clan’s rules.
• Kaze asked whether Hiashi or the Elders would remove Neji’s Caged Bird Seal if Neji surpassed Hinata, leaving Hizashi unable to answer confidently.
• Hizashi explained that the seal was said to be removable only upon death, while Kaze suspected the Main Family concealed a way to break it.
• Kaze told Hizashi there was a way to remove the Caged Bird Seal, and Hizashi sprang up in disbelief.
• Hizashi asked whether Kaze was telling the truth and resolved to try for Neji’s sake if even a small chance existed.

Kaze proposed helping Hizashi free Neji from the Caged Bird Seal and abolish the Hyuga Main and Branch Family hierarchy, making Hizashi choose whether to risk everything for the Branch Family. Hizashi asked for three days to decide, while Kaze explained that winning the Branch Family's support would also advance his goal of becoming Hokage.

• Kaze explained that they would need to learn the Caged Bird Seal's hand seals from a Hyuga Main Family Elder, warning Hizashi that opposing the Main Family would leave him and Neji in danger.
• Kaze told Hizashi he wanted to end the distinction between the Hyuga Main and Branch Families as part of his dream to become Hokage and bring peace.
• Hizashi was stunned by Kaze's proposal and asked for three days to decide whether to join him.
• After Hizashi left the Uchiha Compound, Uchiha Kiyoshi praised Kaze's Hokage thinking and asked why he would risk offending the Hyuga Main Family.
• Kaze told Kiyoshi that abolishing the hierarchy could win the support of the much larger Branch Family, though his motives went beyond political gain.

Kaze sensed an injured shinobi entering the Uchiha Compound while three attackers pursued them, so he rushed to intervene. He left Naruto under Kiyoshi and the Anbu's protection as Kiyoshi and two Anbu shinobi followed him.

• Kiyoshi reflected that Kaze had improved the Police Force's reputation and helped the Uchiha connect with Konoha through service and communication.
• Kaze sensed a badly injured shinobi entering the Uchiha Compound, followed by three shinobi with killing intent.
• Kaze told Naruto to stay with Kiyoshi and ordered the concealed Anbu to protect him before rushing toward the injured shinobi.
• Kiyoshi chased after Kaze but could not keep up with his speed.
• The Anbu realized Kaze had detected their surveillance, and their captain sent Yamashiro and Kaihō to follow Kaze.

Kaze intercepted three Kumogakure ninjas who were pursuing the wounded Konoha Jonin Tekuno for carrying intelligence about an invasion plot. After Tekuno fought to protect Kaze and create a chance for him to escape, Kaze returned and killed one of the Cloud Ninja with a single punch.

• Kaze rushed to Tekuno and knocked away the Cloud Ninja’s thrown weapons with a shuriken.
• Tekuno warned Kaze that the Cloud Ninja were plotting to invade Konoha and urged him to take the intelligence to the Third Hokage.
• Tekuno used his remaining strength to attack a Cloud Ninja and shield Kaze, but the enemy overpowered him.
• Kaze reappeared as the Cloud Ninja tried to stab Tekuno and punched through the attacker’s sword and body.

Kaze fought off the Cloud Ninja who had wounded Tekuno, using his speed, lightning powers, and Sharingan to overcome them. Uchiha Kiyoshi and the Anbu arrived to find the aftermath, and Kiyoshi realized the Cloud Ninja’s presence meant something had gone wrong at Konoha’s Border Outpost.

• Kaze punched through one Cloud Ninja’s chest, killing him and terrifying the two survivors.
• Kaze used Soru to outmaneuver the remaining Cloud Ninja, paralyzing one with lightning and throwing him into the Lightning Binding barrier.
• The last Cloud Ninja stabbed Kaze, but Kaze’s Logia Elementalization let the blade pass through harmlessly.
• Kaze activated his Sharingan and used Genjutsu on the last Cloud Ninja, who recognized him as Uchiha Kazekage.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi, Yamashiro, and Kaihō arrived; Kaihō treated Tekuno while Kiyoshi suspected the Cloud Ninja had come from a failed Border Outpost.

Kaze learned that Kumogakure and Kirigakure planned a joint invasion of Konoha, then set out to help Shirakumo Hayama fight the Cloud Ninja. Yamashiro and Uchiha Kiyoshi joined him, while Kaihō was tasked with taking Tekuno and the intelligence back to Konoha.

• Kaze defeated the three Cloud Ninja pursuing Tekuno, and Uchiha Kiyoshi told Tekuno that Kaze had rescued Hinata, killed Danzō, and become a Konoha Jonin.
• Kaze used Sharingan Genjutsu to learn that the Raikage and Mizukage planned to invade Konoha, with Tekuno's pursuers serving as their vanguard.
• Kaze suspected Obito was manipulating Yagura and decided the conflict could give him an opportunity to capture several tailed beasts.
• Kaze ordered Yamashiro and Kaihō to deliver Tekuno's intelligence to the Third Hokage while he went to aid Shirakumo Hayama.
• Yamashiro and Uchiha Kiyoshi insisted on accompanying Kaze, and the three set off as Kaihō took Tekuno toward Konoha.

Shirakumo Hayama tried to hold off Yugito Nii and Kumogakure’s vanguard at Konoha’s Border Outpost while Tekuno carried intelligence toward the village. Just as Yugito was about to kill him, Uchiha Kazekage arrived, though the other Konoha ninja were still down.

• Yugito Nii led Kumogakure’s vanguard and urged Shirakumo Hayama to surrender, while he insisted Tekuno would deliver the intelligence to Lord Hokage.
• Shirakumo Hayama used Great Dragon Fire to form a ring of flames around himself and his fallen subordinates, hoping to buy time for reinforcements.
• Yugito crossed the flames unharmed, disarmed Shirakumo Hayama, and kicked him into the fire before throwing her longsword at his throat.
• A stone knocked Yugito’s longsword into the ground beside Shirakumo Hayama, sparing him from the fatal strike.
• Shirakumo Hayama saw Uchiha Kazekage standing nearby, while the other Konoha ninja remained sprawled on the ground.

Kaze arrived in time to save Shirakumo Hayama and confronted Yugito Nii and her Cloud Ninja squad alone. After declaring that he could defeat them without help and demanding their surrender, Kaze killed a charging Jonin in an instant, leaving the Cloud Ninja stunned.

• Kaze rescued Shirakumo Hayama from Yugito Nii's squad and identified Yugito as Kumogakure's Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Yugito ordered her Sensor Ninja to search for Konoha reinforcements, but the sensor detected only Kaze.
• Kaze revealed that an Uchiha Chunin and an Anbu ninja were behind him, then insisted he needed no reinforcements to defeat the Cloud Ninja.
• Kaze activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, told Yugito she was surrounded, and offered to let the Cloud Ninja surrender.
• A Cloud Jonin charged at Kaze, who killed him with a streak of deep-blue lightning before the others could react.

Kaze killed a Cloud Ninja with a lightning-fast strike, shocking Yugito Nii and the others. Yugito recognized him as a possible culprit behind the failed Hinata abduction and Danzo’s death, then attacked him with her Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak as the Cloud Ninja supported her.

• Kaze decapitated a Cloud Ninja with a single swift strike, leaving Yugito Nii and the others stunned.
• Yugito compared Kaze’s speed to the Fourth Raikage’s and realized he had not needed reinforcements to face them.
• Yugito asked whether Kaze had foiled the attempt to abduct Hinata and killed Danzo, and the Cloud Ninja recognized him as Uchiha Kazekage.
• Yugito warned her companions not to attack Kaze, but he vanished from in front of her and appeared behind her.
• Yugito escaped with a burst of Chakra and formed a Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak, sending its clawed tail toward Kaze as the Cloud Ninja threw shuriken to limit his movement.
• Kaze stood his ground as Yugito and the Cloud Ninja launched their attack.

Kaze fought Yugito Nii and effortlessly survived her Two-Tails-powered attacks by transforming into lightning. He challenged her to use her full strength and release the Two-Tails.

• Kaze stopped Yugito Nii's Chakra Cloak attack with a punch that sent a shockwave through the battlefield and snapped a massive tree.
• Yugito Nii surrounded Kaze with Fire Rat Balls and attacked him with giant Chakra hands as her Two-Tails Chakra Cloak grew stronger.
• Kaze used Elementalization to charge through the explosions and emerged unharmed by Yugito Nii's attacks.
• Kaze told Yugito Nii to use her real strength and release the Two-Tails.

Kaihō warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kumogakure ninja had attacked Shirakumo Hayama’s squad and were moving to invade Konoha, prompting Hiruzen to order reinforcements and an emergency mobilization. Watching the battlefield through his Crystal Ball, he saw Yugito Nii wield the Two-Tails’ power with perfect control and feared Kaze could not stop her from reaching Konoha.

• Kaihō reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Tekuno had escaped a Kumogakure attack and warned that Kumogakure planned to invade Konoha.
• Kaihō told Hiruzen that Kaze, Uchiha Kiyoshi, Yamashiro, and other Anbu had gone to support Shirakumo Hayama.
• Hiruzen ordered Anbu First Squad and Second Squad to reinforce Kaze, then sent Kaihō to summon Konoha’s shinobi for an emergency meeting.
• Hiruzen used the Clairvoyance Jutsu to watch Kaze fighting Yugito Nii through a Crystal Ball.
• Yugito Nii transformed further while controlling the Tailed Beast’s power, and Hiruzen feared she would defeat Kaze and advance on Konoha.

Yugito Nii fully transformed into Matatabi and unleashed the Two-Tails' power against Kaze. Matatabi's attack set the forest ablaze, but Kaze survived her crushing blow and shielded Uchiha Kiyoshi and Yamashiro from her fireball.

• Yugito Nii drew on Matatabi's Chakra and completed her Tailed Beast Transformation as Cloud Ninja struggled to withstand the gale.
• Matatabi told the Cloud Ninja to retreat, then attacked Kaze with her massive paw.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi tried Genjutsu and Fire Release against Matatabi, but neither affected her.
• Matatabi fired a huge fireball at Kiyoshi and Yamashiro, leaving them too terrified to move.
• Kaze appeared above them and used Lightning Style Wall to split Matatabi's fireball, saving the two Konoha ninja as the forest caught fire.
• Matatabi lifted her paw and discovered Kaze had escaped, leaving only a deep crater beneath it.

Kaze used his Lightning Release: Artificial Susanoo Technique to overpower Matatabi and leave her pinned to the ground. As the shockwave devastated the surrounding area, Kaze raised his fist over the helpless Tailed Beast.

• Matatabi was astonished that Kaze had evaded her attack and spotted him standing in the sky.
• Kaze formed a towering lightning Susanoo and descended toward Matatabi.
• Kaze caught Matatabi before she could dodge and slammed her face-first into the ground, sending a shockwave across the area.
• The blast injured Cloud Ninja, destroyed the Border Outpost, and uprooted trees, while Uchiha Kiyoshi and Yamashiro survived behind Kaze's lightning wall.
• Matatabi struggled against Kaze's grip and the current numbing her body as Kaze raised his right hand and clenched his fist.

Kaze overwhelmed Matatabi with a brutal barrage of punches, forcing Yugito Nii and the Two-Tails to resort to a Tailed Beast Bomb. The chapter ended as Matatabi broke free and fired the bomb directly at Kaze.

• Kaze pinned Matatabi down and pummeled her with powerful, electrically charged punches while Yamashiro and Uchiha Kiyoshi watched in shock.
• Yugito Nii and Matatabi realized they could not escape Kaze's assault and agreed to use a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Matatabi formed the bomb while enduring Kaze's blows, prompting the Kumogakure ninjas to raise defensive walls.
• Matatabi shrank beneath Kaze's grip, flipped onto her back, and fired the Tailed Beast Bomb at his face.

Kaze defeated Matatabi by forcing her Tailed Beast Bomb back into her mouth, devastating the battlefield and wiping out the Cloud Ninja defenses. Yugito Nii survived but could no longer fight, while the delayed Anbu arrived to find Kaze had already won.

• Kaze pinned Matatabi into the ground and stuffed her Tailed Beast Bomb into her mouth, causing it to explode inside her.
• The blast destroyed the Cloud Ninja’s Earth Style and Water Style defenses, burying the soldiers behind them.
• Kaze’s allies watched in awe as he emerged from the flames unharmed and Uchiha Kiyoshi called him the noble Blue Lightning.
• Yugito Nii crawled out of the mushroom cloud with her Cat Demon Pattern Chakra fading and could no longer fight.
• The First Anbu Squad and Second Anbu Squad arrived late, and Yamashiro complained that Kaze had already defeated the Cloud Ninja squad alone.