Chapter Summaries

Shisui and Obito fought Uchiha Seisei’s elite team to prove Shisui’s strength and advance his plan to reform the Police Force. After Shisui’s Blue Flare overwhelmed Seisei, the elder acknowledged him as a possible leader for the Uchiha, and the battle ended with Seisei conceding defeat.

• Uchiha Seisei led fourteen elite Uchiha ninja against Shisui and Obito, while Uchiha Yashiro refereed and Uchiha Fugaku watched.
• Shisui and Obito summoned Zoroark and Charizard, whose attacks and Zoroark’s large-scale genjutsu helped them defeat several opponents.
• Uchiha Seisei recognized Zoroark’s genjutsu and warned his fighters, allowing the remaining jonin to dispel it and regroup.
• Shisui and Obito entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, and Shisui overpowered Seisei’s Fire Release with his Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• Shisui used Blue Flare to erase the fire dragons attacking him and Seisei, stopping the flame just short of both opponents.
• Uchiha Seisei ended the fight, acknowledged Shisui’s potential to lead the Uchiha, and returned to Naka Shrine.

Shisui secured approval for his Police Force reform from the Uchiha clan and Hiruzen Sarutobi, bringing the plan into effect and advancing Mu Yue’s settlement progress. The chapter ended with Mu Yue seeing a major increase in Shisui’s Life Mission progress.

• Shisui and Obito defeated Uchiha Seisei’s side, and Uchiha Fugaku led the clan back to Naka Shrine.
• The Uchiha clan approved Shisui’s Police Force reform proposal at the resumed clan meeting.
• Shisui explained to Uchiha Fugaku that they needed to show Hiruzen Sarutobi their reform was sincere, then promised Uchiha Itachi a story and resolved to prevent the clan massacre.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui about the proposal before approving the request to add non-Uchiha members to the Police Force.
• Mu Yue saw Shisui’s Life Mission progress increase substantially after the reform began.

Mu Yue received Shisui’s Life Mission rewards, gaining Ice Age and Observation Haki, and planned to teach the latter to his disciples. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki’s council approved reinforcements for the front, and Retsuishi prepared to strike Konoha after they arrived.

• Mu Yue collected two progress rewards for Shisui’s Life Mission, including Chakra and Yin Release and Ninjutsu scrolls.
• Mu Yue drew Ice Age from the ordinary S-rank scroll and found that it improved his Ice Release proficiency.
• Mu Yue drew Observation Haki from the Yin Release scroll, tested its range and combat sensing, and decided to try teaching it to his disciples.
• Ōnoki convened Iwagakure’s higher-ups to consider the western Land of Grass forces’ request for reinforcements and a major battle.
• Kira persuaded the council to send reinforcements and fight normally before later feigning weakness, and the meeting approved the plan.
• Retsuishi ordered his forces to consolidate and hold their fire until reinforcements arrived, planning to attack Konoha afterward.

Minato Namikaze discovered that Iwagakure’s hidden assassination squads were killing Kusagakure ninja and evading detection, while Jiraiya prepared for a larger attack. In the Land of Fire, Mu Yue taught his disciples Observation Haki before an Anbu summons sent him to the Hokage Building.

• Iwagakure assassins wiped out a Kusagakure patrol, and Minato Namikaze arrived too late to find them.
• Minato Namikaze reported the undetectable attackers to Jiraiya, who revealed that Hyuga reinforcements and intelligence personnel had arrived.
• Retsuishi received eight hundred reinforcements and led Iwagakure’s forces to gain the upper hand on the Land of Grass battlefield.
• Mu Yue demonstrated Observation Haki by evading Shisui’s attacks and predicting his next moves, then began teaching the technique to his disciples.
• An Anbu arrived at Mu Yue’s home, and Mu Yue left his disciples to go to the Hokage Building.

Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze fought to protect Konoha’s forces in the Land of Grass from a surprise attack by Iwagakure, but they were forced to retreat after facing its Jinchuriki and reinforcements. Hiruzen Sarutobi then appointed Mu Yue commander of a five-hundred-ninja support force and sent him to reinforce Jiraiya.

• Iwagakure’s forces attacked Jiraiya’s camp, and Sarutobi Hiromi tried to stab Jiraiya before Minato Namikaze kicked him away.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and fought Retsuishi while Minato Namikaze and the summoned toads engaged Iwaku and the Jinchuriki Han and Rōshi.
• Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze covered Konoha’s retreat, then Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport them away from Rōshi’s Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Minato Namikaze told Jiraiya that Sarutobi Hiromi’s disappearance resembled that of Iwagakure’s assassins, and revealed he had placed a Flying Thunder God mark on Hiromi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Mu Yue commander of five hundred ninja and ordered him to reinforce the Land of Grass.

Mu Yue took command of an emergency support force bound for the Land of Grass after Konoha’s troops there were defeated. While leading the force toward the battlefield, he identified White Zetsu as the likely cause of the defeat and prepared to use his Appraisal Technique to expose any infiltrators.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Mu Yue commander of the support force and confirmed that Mu Yue’s disciples would join it.
• Mu Yue arrived at Training Ground 11, where Mimura Hamaki reported that more than a hundred shinobi, including all the jonin and Special Jonin, had assembled.
• Mu Yue told the force that Konoha’s troops in the Land of Grass had been defeated and that their mission was to stop Iwagakure from entering the Land of Fire.
• Mu Yue led the assembled shinobi out of Konoha and began reading Hiruzen Sarutobi’s battlefield intelligence on the march.
• Mu Yue read that Sarutobi Hiromi had betrayed Konoha and attacked Jiraiya, and concluded that White Zetsu had likely impersonated him using the Mayfly Technique.
• Mu Yue resolved to use his Appraisal Technique to expose any White Zetsu that infiltrated his force.

Mu Yue met with Jiraiya and revealed that the full reinforcement force had already reached the Land of Grass. He proposed finding the spies, feeding them false intelligence, and using Konoha’s hidden forces to turn the battle against Iwagakure.

• Jiraiya refused to regroup until the spies in his force were identified, so Mu Yue arranged to meet him with a supposed fifty-ninja vanguard.
• Mu Yue led fifty ninja to the rendezvous, kept the reinforcement’s true strength secret, and checked the area before meeting Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and his disciples.
• Mu Yue revealed that five hundred reinforcement ninja were nearby and said he could use his ability to find spies and mislead Iwagakure with false intelligence.
• Jiraiya agreed with Mu Yue’s plan to gather all the forces for a comprehensive inspection before using the hidden reinforcement as a surprise force.
• Kakashi warned Obito not to reveal confidential information, and Obito vowed to keep quiet once they reached Jiraiya’s unit.

Mu Yue joined Jiraiya’s scattered force and used the Appraisal Technique to uncover White Zetsu spies, including impostors disguised as members of prominent Konoha clans. Jiraiya’s force assembled hundreds of ninja and began planning to exploit the spies’ presence to ambush Iwagakure, while the cause of the infiltration remained a mystery.

• Jiraiya introduced Mu Yue to his demoralized troops, and Mu Yue discreetly identified one White Zetsu disguised as Sakoda Seiichi.
• Mu Yue told Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze that Sakoda Seiichi was highly likely to be a spy, and Jiraiya ordered them to avoid exposing him before they could use him.
• Jiraiya issued an urgent assembly order, and Mu Yue found two more White Zetsu disguised as Aburame Tatsuya and Hyuga Sa among the gathering forces.
• Jiraiya and Minato were alarmed that spies had infiltrated major Konoha clans, but Mu Yue urged them to prioritize stopping Iwagakure’s advance.
• Jiraiya, Mu Yue, and the others began planning to use the spies to feed Iwagakure false information and spring a surprise attack.

Jiraiya and Mu Yue used a false report of a thousand reinforcements to mislead a spy and lure Iwagakure into battle, while secretly planning an attack with only twelve hundred Konoha ninja. The chapter left the real plan set and Obito and Kakashi keeping watch as the force prepared to move.

• Jiraiya told the gathered jonin that Mu Yue had brought a thousand reinforcements and warned them that a spy might be among their forces.
• White Zetsu, disguised as Hyuga Sa, listened to the false strategy meeting and memorized the fabricated troop numbers.
• After the meeting, Jiraiya, Mu Yue, and Minato Namikaze met in secret and revealed that Konoha had only twelve hundred ninja against at least eighteen hundred Iwagakure ninja.
• Mu Yue proposed eliminating roughly half of Iwagakure's forces and volunteered to confront the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Obito discussed the spy and the unit's poor morale with Kakashi, who stayed awake to watch him and then used the Transparent World to check their surroundings.

Iwaku believed false intelligence about Konoha’s forces and led Iwagakure on a forced march to ambush them. After his troops settled at the supposed rest point, explosions revealed that Konoha had deceived them and laid traps.

• An Iwagakure jonin gave Iwaku intelligence claiming Konoha had sent reinforcements and planned to rendezvous at a forest rest point.
• Iwaku gathered the Iwagakure jonin and planned to attack Konoha’s Land of Grass forces before the reinforcements arrived.
• Iwaku ordered Iwagakure’s forces to march through the night and occupy the forest named in the intelligence.
• Iwaku’s sensory ninja found no chakra at the rest point, and Iwaku arranged patrols and rotating shifts while his forces rested.
• Explosive Tag traps detonated near dawn, and Iwaku realized Konoha had deceived his forces.

Mu Yue and Minato Namikaze exposed and captured three White Zetsu, then joined Konoha’s forces to ambush Iwagakure’s army at its rest point. Iwagakure began retreating under pressure, but Jiraiya’s summoned toads were badly outnumbered, and Rōshi stopped short of a Water Spear as the battle continued.

• Mu Yue sealed White Zetsu after Minato Namikaze struck him back into his original form, and the two identified the captured spies as strange biological creations.
• Mu Yue and Jiraiya led Konoha’s forces to the rest-and-rally point, where sensory ninja detected Iwagakure approaching and a Shadow Clone confirmed the enemy had relaxed its guard.
• Mu Yue and Minato Namikaze detonated Explosive Tag traps and attacked alongside Jiraiya, while Iwaku ordered Iwagakure’s troops to spread out and then retreat.
• Minato Namikaze teleported Jiraiya to Iwagakure’s retreat route, where Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta and Gamaken to hold the enemy forces in place.
• Rōshi and Han moved to attack the toads, but Rōshi halted when a Water Spear pierced the ground before him.

Mu Yue used overwhelming Water Release to defeat Rōshi and disrupt the Iwagakure forces, while Konoha reinforcements arrived on the battlefield. The chapter left Iwaku lamenting that they had missed their chance to break through.

• Rōshi recognized Mu Yue and charged at him, but Mu Yue raised a massive water tornado that blocked Rōshi’s lava and the Iwagakure ninja’s attacks.
• Mu Yue transformed the water tornado into ten enormous water dragons that struck the battlefield as Konoha reinforcements rushed toward the fighting.
• Four water dragons battered Rōshi, extinguishing his Lava Armor and knocking him unconscious, while the other six overwhelmed the surrounding Iwagakure ninja.
• Obito and the other Konoha ninja arrived, and Iwaku realized that the Iwagakure forces had lost their best chance to break through.

Konoha’s arriving force struck the trapped Iwagakure troops while Minato Namikaze cut through their ranks and Jiraiya drew Han away from his allies. Jiraiya entered Sage Mode, but Han transformed into the Five-Tails, leaving the battle facing a powerful new threat.

• Iwaku realized Mu Yue had chosen terrain that trapped Iwagakure and helped suppress Rōshi, while Jiraiya sent the injured Gamaken back to Mount Myōboku as Konoha’s troops arrived.
• Konoha’s ninja attacked the Iwagakure force, and Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God and Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique to kill many opponents.
• Jiraiya summoned Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima, then drew Han away from the troops so he could fight without endangering his allies.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and struck Han with Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet, but an Iwagakure Jonin’s Earth-Style Wall failed to stop the attack.
• Han unleashed Perfect Tailed Beast Mode and transformed into the enormous Five-Tails, drawing the attention of the battlefield.

Mu Yue countered Iwagakure’s attempt to kill him by unleashing Ice Release: Ice Age, freezing Rōshi, Iwaku, and many other ninja. With Han and the Five-Tails also being held back, Konoha gained a decisive advantage, while Iwagakure struggled to find a way to retreat.

• Mu Yue used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evade Iwagakure attacks and killed several ninja while Rōshi recovered from his injuries.
• Iwaku persuaded Rōshi to enter Perfect Tailed Beast Mode, and Rōshi transformed into the Four-Tails in the center of the Iwagakure force.
• Mu Yue identified Iwaku and the Explosion Squad as they approached, then avoided Rōshi’s attack and moved toward the nearby lake.
• Iwaku and the Explosion Squad attacked Mu Yue with explosive techniques, but Mu Yue used Ice Release: Ice Age and froze them, Rōshi, and many nearby Iwagakure ninja.
• Jiraiya defeated Han’s guards and injured Han, while Mu Yue’s counterattack lifted Konoha’s morale and left Iwagakure’s forces suppressed.

Mu Yue stopped Rōshi from unleashing a Tailed Beast Bomb after Iwaku sacrificed himself to create an opening. Rōshi then overcame his reluctance to communicate with the Four-Tails and asked it for power, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Iwaku ordered Rōshi to use a Tailed Beast Bomb and evacuate the surviving Iwagakure ninja while he attacked Mu Yue to buy time.
• Mu Yue used a Flying Thunder God Kunai to reach Rōshi and disrupt the nearly completed Tailed Beast Bomb as Iwaku self-destructed.
• Iwaku died in the explosion, leaving a crater, and Kakashi and the Iwagakure ninja reacted to his sacrifice.
• Rōshi reconsidered his refusal to connect with the Four-Tails after witnessing Iwaku's actions.
• Rōshi entered his consciousness space and asked the Four-Tails for more power, and the Four-Tails gladly gave him its Chakra.

Rōshi used the Four-Tails’ surging power to unleash repeated Tailed Beast Bombs, devastating both armies before escaping with the battered Han. After Konoha celebrated its victory, Mu Yue and Minato Namikaze discovered that the imprisoned White Zetsu had disappeared.

• Rōshi awakened with increased Chakra and used Flower Fruit Mountain to spread lava across the battlefield, but Mu Yue evaded his attacks.
• Rōshi fired Tailed Beast Bombs at the gathered forces, forcing Mu Yue and Minato Namikaze to order Konoha’s ninja to retreat.
• Minato Namikaze rescued Jiraiya from Rōshi’s third Tailed Beast Bomb, while the blast knocked Han out of Perfect Tailed Beast Mode.
• Rōshi grabbed Han and continued attacking, leaving the battlefield ruined and causing hundreds of Iwagakure casualties before the fighting ended.
• Jiraiya praised Mu Yue’s victory and asked him to write the report, while Mu Yue remained wary of Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu.
• Mu Yue, Minato Namikaze, and Jiraiya arrived to interrogate White Zetsu and found the guards unconscious and all three sealed White Zetsu missing.

After Mu Yue’s forces defeated Iwagakure, Konoha’s leaders discussed the White Zetsu spies and whether to escalate the war or seek peace. Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to bring Mu Yue back to inspect Konoha, while Shimura Danzō secretly sought White Zetsu remains for Root.

• Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, and Mu Yue discussed how quickly Iwagakure had recovered the captured White Zetsu and the danger its disguise ability posed.
• Mu Yue recalled that his Shadow Clone had killed five White Zetsu after they incapacitated Konoha’s guards, then sealed their bodies in a storage scroll.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received news of Konoha’s victory and the White Zetsu spies, then convened the village’s other leaders.
• Shimura Danzō and Utatane Koharu proposed attacking Iwagakure to seize information, but Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected a full invasion and favored cautious negotiations.
• The leaders agreed to summon Mu Yue to inspect Konoha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ranked him first in merit for the victory.
• After the meeting, Shimura Danzō ordered a Root subordinate to search the front lines for White Zetsu body tissue.

Ōnoki learned that Iwagakure had lost nearly seventeen hundred ninja in the Land of Grass and convened a meeting to assess the defeat. After senior officials shifted blame among Iwaku and Rōshi, Ōnoki identified Hanyu Muyue as Iwagakure’s greatest threat and ordered him prioritized for assassination.

• Ōnoki received the battlefield report that Iwagakure’s force had been reduced from two thousand ninja to three hundred and twenty-three, and ordered the survivors recalled.
• Ōnoki convened Iwagakure’s senior officials, where Kira blamed the defeat on Iwaku’s decisions and Rōshi’s actions as a Jinchuriki.
• Kira and Jukyo argued that Iwagakure’s plan had been sound and assigned responsibility to the dead commanders and other fallen ninja.
• Ōnoki presented Mu Yue’s record of rapidly growing strength, including his victories against Hidden Mist ninja and his ability to overpower Rōshi.
• Ōnoki declared that sacrificing a two-thousand-ninja force would be worthwhile if it could kill Mu Yue, and Iwagakure placed him at the top of its must-kill list.

Mu Yue returned to Konoha after helping defeat Iwagakure’s forces in the Land of Grass, while Minato Namikaze and the others remained at the front. Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Mu Yue’s victory in the Hokage’s Office, leaving Mu Yue’s reward and next steps unresolved.

• Mu Yue taught Observation Haki to Minato Namikaze and the others, then learned from Jiraiya that he would receive a reward and had to return to Konoha the next day.
• Mu Yue ignored a Root mission from Shimura Danzō to find an Iwagakure spy’s body tissue, suspecting Danzō wanted to obtain Red Eye.
• Mu Yue led several dozen ninja back to Konoha, where he dismissed them and told his disciples to rest for two days before resuming training.
• Mu Yue went to the Hokage’s Office, where Hiruzen Sarutobi praised him for defeating more than 1,600 enemy soldiers with a force of fewer than 1,200.

Mu Yue offered to teach Observation Haki and asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for Konoha’s Wood Release records so he could try developing the technique. Meanwhile, Kakashi and the others continued training, and Obito began studying again to improve his chances of competing with Kakashi for Hokage.

• Mu Yue told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Konoha should train more sensory shinobi in Observation Haki, and Hiruzen offered him access to any non-taboo Ninjutsu in return.
• Mu Yue requested the village’s Wood Release materials, explaining that he wanted to learn from past research and develop Wood Release himself.
• Hiruzen agreed to provide the materials and asked Mu Yue to screen shinobi for Iwagakure spies at the memorial ceremony; Mu Yue also left him a scroll explaining Observation Haki.
• Kakashi read the Konoha Newspaper’s account of the victory over Iwagakure, then went to the Southern Forest and trained Lightning Release Kenjutsu and the Yang Seal using a Shadow Clone.
• Shisui practiced Observation Haki against Obito’s Shadow Clone and began evading its attacks, while Obito asked him to increase the intensity.
• Obito returned home after dinner and resumed studying squad tactics because he wanted to improve and compete with Kakashi for Hokage.