Chapter Summaries

Kaze’s clash with Killer B devastated the mountaintop and left Kakashi and Hizashi convinced that Kaze might have surpassed the Third Hokage. As the Eight-Tails tried to carry Killer B toward the sea, Kaze caught up and struck him directly with Lightning Release: Serious Punch.

• Kaze’s Tailed Beast Bomb and Lightning Release Chakra Bullet clash with Killer B created a massive explosion that shattered the mountain and sent Kakashi and Hizashi flying.
• Hizashi realized he could not interfere in the battle, while Kakashi wondered if Kaze had already surpassed the Third Hokage.
• The Eight-Tails escaped the mushroom cloud with Killer B badly injured, but Kaze pursued them through the air and detected their position.
• The Eight-Tails swung its Chakra Tails at Kaze, but he evaded them using his perception and speed.
• Kaze unleashed Lightning Release: Serious Punch, tore through the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Cloak, and struck Killer B in the chest.

Kaze sent Killer B plunging into the sea, prompting Killer B and Eight-Tails Gyuki to plan an escape while a chakra-filled clone distracted Kaze. The clone transformed into the Eight-Tails' enormous form and battled Kakashi's powerful Lightning Water Dragon, which Gyuki destroyed with ease.

• Kaze's punch sent Killer B into the sea, where the impact left him bleeding and disoriented.
• Killer B and Eight-Tails Gyuki decided to escape, creating a Killer B clone from a severed tentacle and giving it thirty percent of Gyuki's chakra.
• Killer B's clone emerged from the sea and transformed into the Eight-Tails' towering form before Kaze's group.
• Kakashi formed a Water Dragon and had his Shadow Clone electrify it, then sent the Lightning Water Dragon toward Gyuki.
• Eight-Tails Gyuki blocked Kakashi's attack with his tentacles and smashed the dragon apart, while Hizashi and Kakashi watched in shock.

Kaze realized Killer B was hiding deep beneath the sea while the Eight-Tails above him was only a tangible clone. To prevent Killer B from escaping, Kaze restrained Gyuki and drew Famous Sword Enma, awakening its power as the chapter ended.

• Kaze used his Mind Net to identify the Eight-Tails above him as a clone and locate Killer B beneath the sea.
• Kakashi realized Killer B was underwater, but Hizashi could not see through the deep seawater with his Byakugan.
• Kaze ordered Hizashi and Kakashi to retreat, then bound Gyuki with lightning chains and subdued him.
• Kaze drew Famous Sword Enma, which awakened and began devouring his Chakra as its aura stunned Gyuki.

Kaze unleashed Enma’s Flicker Slash, splitting the sea from Cloud-Hidden Valley’s coast and exposing Killer B and the Eight-Tails. He opened the Sixth Gate and combined another Enma strike with his Thunder Samurai’s lightning sword, leaving the Eight-Tails unable to evade the attack.

• Kaze drew Enma and let it devour a quarter of his Chakra before he used Flicker Slash to part the sea.
• The sword wave sent Hizashi, Kakashi, and others flying, exposed the seabed, and forced Killer B out of the water.
• The Eight-Tails protected Killer B with its Chakra and blocked the descending sword energy with its bone-arm, transforming completely in the process.
• Kaze opened the Sixth Gate and summoned a Thunder Samurai wielding a Lightning Sword.
• Kaze and the Thunder Samurai struck together, sending combined blackish-purple and deep blue sword energy toward the Eight-Tails, which realized it could not dodge.

Kaze defeated the Eight-Tails and captured Killer B before Kumogakure’s ninja arrived. As the group prepared to retreat, Kakashi and Hizashi were stunned by Kaze’s power, and Hizashi came to sincerely believe he could bring peace and equality to the shinobi world.

• Kaze’s lightning-infused sword strike tore through the Eight-Tails and detonated inside its body, causing the beast to collapse.
• Kaze used Mind Net to confirm Killer B was the true Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, then rescued him from the sea with Shave.
• Kaze brought the battered Killer B to Kakashi and Hizashi and ordered them to retreat before Kumogakure’s ninja arrived.
• Kakashi and Hizashi were astonished by Kaze’s strength, the divided sea, and the power of Famous Sword Enma.
• Hizashi noticed Kaze’s injured hands and reflected that Kaze might change the fate of the Hyuga Clan and create a peaceful, equal world.

Kaze led Kakashi and Hizashi across the sea toward Konoha with the captured Killer B, explaining that taking the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki would not be enough to end Kumogakure’s threat. He revealed that he intended to kill the Fourth Raikage on the battlefield, leaving Kakashi and Hizashi shocked as he declared his confidence in victory.

• Kaze’s group escaped Cloud-Hidden Valley with the unconscious Killer B, and Kakashi placed a Five Elements Seal over Killer B’s Iron Seal to restrict the Eight-Tails’ chakra.
• Kaze chose a sea route toward Konoha’s Valley of the End and told Kakashi and Hizashi that they would enter the battlefield.
• Kaze explained that Killer B could not be deployed as a weapon soon and that using him as a hostage would only lead the Fourth Raikage to prepare another invasion.
• Kaze told Kakashi and Hizashi that he wanted to crush Kumogakure’s will to challenge Konoha, not merely force peace talks.
• Kaze announced that they would behead the Fourth Raikage while he was away from Kumogakure, and Kakashi warned him about the Raikage’s speed and strength.
• Kaze insisted that defeating the Fourth Raikage was the trial before him and said he believed he would reach the pinnacle of the shinobi world.

Dodai found Cloud-Hidden Valley devastated and Killer B missing, then ordered a pursuit and sent word to the Fourth Raikage. On the battlefield, A broke through Konoha’s defenses until Uchiha Fugaku confronted him.

• Dodai found the sea split, Killer B’s home and training ground burning, and part of the Eight-Tails left behind, but no trace of Killer B.
• Dodai suspected Konoha had abducted Killer B and ordered some ninjas to report to the Raikage while he led others in pursuit.
• A raced ahead of more than a thousand Cloud Ninja, defeating Konoha fighters and breaking through their defensive line.
• A charged through a trap and knocked out three Konoha Ninja with lightning-fast punches.
• Uchiha Fugaku stopped A’s advance with a Kunai and revealed himself as a Sharingan-wielding Jonin.

Fugaku confronted the Fourth Raikage A as he charged through Konoha’s defenses, and his attacks failed to slow the Raikage. With the Uchiha Compound at risk, Fugaku awakened Susanoo and stopped A’s fist, then struck him down.

• Fugaku recognized A as the Fourth Raikage and activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan as they faced off.
• A charged Fugaku at overwhelming speed, and his Lightning Release Chakra Mode shrugged off Fugaku’s kunai and split his Great Fireball Technique.
• Fugaku realized A was closing in on the Uchiha Compound and decided he had to stop him there.
• Fugaku’s Sharingan transformed, and he summoned Susanoo to block A’s Lightning Fist.
• Fugaku used Susanoo to punch A and send the Fourth Raikage crashing toward the ground.

A overwhelmed Fugaku’s Susanoo with a succession of increasingly powerful Lightning Release punches, while Fugaku struggled to keep pace and search for a counterattack. A finally punched through the Susanoo, exposing Fugaku just as he hurled a Three-Tomoe Shuriken at the Fourth Raikage.

• A recovered from Fugaku’s Susanoo strike with little damage, then used his speed to attack Fugaku from behind.
• Fugaku strengthened his Susanoo into its semi-complete form, but A’s Heavy Flow Storm cracked it and sent it flying backward.
• A evaded Fugaku’s Susanoo blade and caught up with it, then began pounding its back with a rapidly accelerating series of punches.
• Fugaku abandoned repairing the Susanoo and gathered his remaining Chakra into a Three-Tomoe Shuriken.
• A punched through the Susanoo’s final defense, exposing Fugaku as Fugaku hurled the Shuriken at the Fourth Raikage.

Fourth Raikage A defeated Fugaku, Kiyoshi, and Setsuna, leaving Kiyoshi on the verge of death before Kaze arrived. The chapter ended with Kaze intervening against A.

• Fourth Raikage A and Fugaku struck each other, leaving Fugaku gravely wounded while A suffered only a shallow cut.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi and Setsuna stood against A so Fugaku could retreat, but A quickly incapacitated both of them.
• A prepared to kill Kiyoshi as Fugaku struggled to form Susanoo and save him.
• Kaze knocked A away from Kiyoshi and asked whether he had arrived too late.

Kaze, Hizashi, and Kakashi arrived at the Valley of the End and stopped the Fourth Raikage from killing Uchiha Kiyoshi. The Raikage recognized his captured younger brother Killer B on Kakashi's back and vowed revenge on Konoha.

• Kaze shielded the badly injured Kiyoshi while the Uchiha helped carry him away, and Hizashi and Kakashi assessed their depleted forces and lack of nearby reinforcements.
• Fugaku explained that Itachi was fighting Kirigakure on the Southern Front and that reinforcements would take at least an hour to arrive.
• The Fourth Raikage noticed Kakashi carrying Killer B and demanded to know what had happened.
• Kaze said they had captured Killer B in Cloud-Hidden Valley, and the Raikage's retainer confirmed Killer B's identity with his Sensory Ability.
• The Fourth Raikage erupted in anger and threatened Konoha's ninja and their families.

Kaze confronted Raikage A while holding Killer B hostage, taunted him over Kumogakure’s actions, and matched his lightning-enhanced punch before sending him flying with a kick. As A powered up and recognized Kaze’s hand gesture, he realized Kaze might be preparing the Raikage’s Hell Stab.

• A charged at Kaze in fury over Killer B, and Kaze blamed Kumogakure’s attempt to kidnap Hinata for the war.
• Kaze activated the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s lightning power and met A’s punch head-on, creating a shockwave that drove back both armies.
• The Cloud Ninjas were stunned that Kaze appeared to use the Raikage’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode, while Kaze claimed he had copied the technique with his Sharingan.
• Kaze kicked A dozens of meters away, prompting Fugaku, Kakashi, and the Uchiha clan to marvel at his strength.
• A insisted he was still stronger and pushed his Lightning Release Chakra Mode to full power, but Kaze raised his hand into a gesture A recognized as Hell Stab.

Kaze used Hell Stab to overpower Raikage A in their Lightning Release clash, severely damaging A’s hand and proving his mastery of the technique. As A struggled to rise, Kaze curled another finger and entered the Gate of Limit State, preparing to unleash Two-Finger Thrust.

• A recognized Kaze’s Hell Stab: Four-Finger Stab but could not believe a young Konoha ninja had mastered the Third Raikage’s technique.
• Kaze and A clashed with Four-Finger Stab and Heavy Flow Storm, and neither gained the advantage.
• Kaze prepared Three-Finger Stab, but A charged with Lightning Beast Rampage to stop him before he could attack.
• Kaze’s Three-Finger Stab pierced A’s Lightning Release armor and shattered much of his hand, sending him crashing into a tree.
• A rose with a badly crippled hand as Kaze remained unharmed, entered the Gate of Limit State, and prepared Hell Stab: Two-Finger Thrust.

Kaze overwhelmed A with his Two-Finger Thrust, leaving the Fourth Raikage badly injured and forcing Cloud Ninja attacks to pass harmlessly through his elementalized body. A refused to accept defeat, and both fighters prepared for their strongest and final clash.

• Kaze opened the Sixth Gate and used Soru to reach A before the Cloud Ninja could warn him.
• A dodged Kaze's Two-Finger Thrust, but its shockwave struck him and sent him flying while damaging his internal organs.
• Fugaku realized Kaze had not been serious during their earlier fight near Naka Shrine.
• Cloud Ninja attacked Kaze with weapons and Ninjutsu, but his elementalized body let every strike pass through him.
• A rose from the crater, denied that he had feared losing, and gathered Lightning Release Chakra around his remaining arm.
• Kaze bent his middle finger, and the two fighters prepared to charge into their final clash.

Kaze defeated the Fourth Raikage, A, in a devastating clash between One-Finger Nukite and the Liger Bomb. Kaze remained standing but was exhausted, while A lay mortally wounded and still tried to attack him.

• Kaze and A prepared their strongest attacks as the surrounding Konoha and Cloud Ninja stayed clear of their duel.
• Kaze and A charged at each other, unleashing One-Finger Nukite and the Liger Bomb.
• The clash sent a lightning-laced shockwave through the battlefield, killing some Cloud Ninja and uprooting trees.
• Kaze's power overwhelmed A's Lightning Release armor, and his finger tore through A's arm and shoulder before pulverizing the right half of his body.
• Kaze stood exhausted as A landed in a crater, mortally wounded and unable to rise despite trying to attack again.

Kaze killed Fourth Raikage A and let the surviving Cloud Ninjas leave with his body. He expected Kumogakure’s invasion to end soon and turned his attention to the Southern Front and compensation from the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.

• A succumbed to his injuries and died, while his aides failed to save him.
• Cloud Ninjas attacked Kaze in anger, but he killed most of them with lightning kunai.
• Kaze ordered the surviving Cloud Ninjas to take A’s body and warned them not to make enemies of Konoha again.
• One of A’s trusted aides persuaded the survivors to retreat so they could bring A’s remains home.
• Kaze allowed the survivors to leave, then noted that only the Southern Front remained.

After Kaze killed the Fourth Raikage, Hizashi, Kakashi, the Uchiha, and other Konoha ninja recognized the scale of his strength and the likely impact on the war. Fugaku worried that the Land of Fire's Daimyo, who disliked the Uchiha Clan, might threaten Kaze's future.

• Hizashi watched the Cloud Ninja carry away the dead Raikage and began to believe Kaze could help him free Neji from the Caged Bird Seal.
• Kakashi praised Kaze for defeating the Raikage and gradually believed Kaze's claims about Obito, though he still did not know how to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kiyoshi, Setsuna, and the Uchiha gathered around Kaze, celebrating his victory and hoping he could restore their clan's standing in Konoha.
• Konoha ninja discussed Kaze's many achievements and wondered whether killing the Raikage would end the war and earn him a reward from the Daimyo.
• Fugaku heard the discussion and worried that the Daimyo's hostility toward the Uchiha Clan could put Kaze's future at risk.

Black Zetsu witnessed Kaze kill the Fourth Raikage and considered how to protect his plans as the war neared its end. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisors realized Kaze’s victory could make him a serious candidate for Fifth Hokage.

• Black Zetsu watched Kaze defeat the Fourth Raikage and feared Kaze might seek to gather the Tailed Beasts.
• Black Zetsu considered reviving Madara Uchiha ahead of schedule and then retreated underground.
• A Konoha Ninja reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kaze had killed Kumogakure’s Raikage in Konoha Northern Forest.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura recognized that Kaze’s victory could end the war and earn him the villagers’ support.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that Kaze could compete for Fifth Hokage, then realized he already considered Kaze qualified for the position.

After Kaze returned to Konoha with Fugaku and Killer B, Konoha used advance intelligence and the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan to ambush Kirigakure’s invading forces near the Temple of Fire. Mizukage Yagura refused to retreat, and the chapter ended as he attacked Might Guy and Itachi Uchiha with a Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

• After killing the Fourth Raikage, Kaze split up his group, sent Uchiha and Konoha ninja to the front, and returned to Konoha with Fugaku and Killer B.
• The Third Hokage deployed the Hyuga Clan and other notable ninja to the Southern Front after Kaze warned him that Kirigakure had joined the war.
• Konoha’s forces ambushed Yagura’s troops near the Temple of Fire and used the Byakugan to counter Kirigakure’s Mist Technique.
• Yagura rejected his guards’ suggestion to retreat and charged into battle, killing two Konoha squads.
• Might Guy and Itachi Uchiha confronted Yagura, but he ignored Itachi’s appeal and launched a Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

Might Guy overwhelmed Yagura with the Fifth and Sixth Gates, forcing the Mizukage to draw on Isobu’s power and enter a half Tailed Beast Transformation. Guy then slammed Yagura into a crater and began his Morning Peacock attack.

• Yagura launched a massive Water Dragon Bullet at Might Guy, but Itachi Uchiha fired a Great Fireball into its mouth, helping Guy rush past the guards and reach Yagura.
• Might Guy opened the Fifth Gate and struck Yagura, using his strength to push back the Water Dragon Bullet and force the Mizukage backward.
• Yagura recognized Guy’s connection to the Taijutsu ninja who had defeated four of Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen, then used Isobu’s Chakra to defend himself.
• Might Guy opened the Sixth Gate and attacked from above, driving Yagura into the ground as the Mizukage entered a half Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Might Guy leaped from Yagura’s back and began striking him with Morning Peacock.