Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Izuna chose to break free of Orochimaru’s control rather than let his brother’s efforts be undone, entrusting the Uchiha’s future to Asuka. After Izuna freed himself, Hiyoku also began to crumble, leaving Asuka with a final message.

• Izuna attacked Asuka, but Asuka struck him with Oomagatsumi: Blade of Death and asked why he had dismissed Susanoo.
• Izuna explained that he wanted to protect the Uchiha and preserve Madara’s legacy, then freed himself from Orochimaru’s control and passed away.
• Izuna told Asuka to carry the Uchiha’s glory and protect the clan, while Asuka said he hoped Izuna could meet Madara again after the war.
• Asuka approached Hiyoku, who praised his strength and remarked on the resolve of the Uchiha.
• Hiyoku joked about names for Asuka’s future children before crumbling and calling Asuka his outstanding grandson.

After the Allied Forces suffered devastating casualties in the war’s first battle, Tsunade told the leaders about the Great Toad Sage’s new prophecy. The prophecy seemed tied to Konoha’s founding and left the leaders wondering who the Child of Destiny was and what change they would bring.

• Hizashi Hyuga surveyed the beach full of corpses as Hyuga Hiashi warned him that the Allied Forces had lost a third of their shinobi in the first battle.
• Hizashi asked whether they were giving Senju Nawaki to Tsunade, and Hiashi said they only wanted the First Hokage to meet his descendant.
• Chiyo learned that Kakuzu and a Kirigakure elite jonin had attacked the rear medical support unit, and she ordered Ebizo to report the incident and keep watch.
• A messenger reported heavy losses across most Allied Forces units, prompting the Raikage and Ōnoki to worry about the next attack.
• Tsunade recounted the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy about Jiraiya’s disciple, the Child of Prophecy, and a leaf that would dance again with firelight.
• Ōnoki connected the prophecy to Konoha’s name and its founders, Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju, while Tsunade considered its meaning.

After the Allied Forces suffered heavy casualties, Biwa Juzo and Might Guy patrolled the crowded medical camp, where Guy discovered an enemy disguised as a Medical Ninja. Their signal exposed a White Zetsu infiltration, and Ebizo realized the camp was under a widespread attack.

• Raikage Ai proposed reducing the forces guarding the Jinchuriki, but Tsunade objected and Ōnoki urged the leaders to wait and assess the next day's fighting.
• Biwa Juzo and Might Guy discussed the day's losses and patrolled the medical camp, believing its guards and detection measures made infiltration difficult.
• Might Guy suspected an assassin was exploiting the chaos and rushed into a tent, where he found a wounded ninja and kicked out a kunai-wielding man disguised as a Medical Ninja.
• Biwa Juzo beheaded the fleeing attacker, recognized him as a White Zetsu, and set off a signal flare to warn the camp.
• Ebizo killed a disguised White Zetsu and realized that convincing transformations had let the enemy infiltrate the camp in large numbers.

Ebizo devised a way to expose White Zetsu infiltrators by making the Allied Forces act in ways ordinary minds would not imagine, while attacks spread through the camps. The chapter ended with the leaders recognizing Ebizo’s tactic and recalling his famously bizarre titles.

• Biwa Juzo and Ebizo examined a White Zetsu corpse and realized its disguise could fool sensory ninja and even the Byakugan.
• After Medical Ninja reported murders in the camp, Ebizo warned that mass inspections could worsen suspicion and panic among the Allied Forces.
• Might Guy proposed using abnormal behavior to expose the infiltrators, and Ebizo demonstrated by eating wild grass and ordering ninja to do irrational things.
• Biwa Juzo beheaded a suspicious ninja who tried to sink into the ground, confirming Ebizo’s approach could uncover White Zetsu.
• At the Raikage Building, Yamanaka Inoichi and Ao reported attacks on communication and medical units, while the medical forces reported only seventeen losses under Ebizo’s leadership.
• Nara Shikaku endorsed Ebizo’s reasoning, and Tsunade, Raikage Ai, and Ōnoki recalled Ebizo’s strange habits and elaborate titles.

The Allied Forces used bizarre behavior to expose White Zetsu infiltrators, turning Obito’s surprise attack into a costly defeat. Nagato entered the Land of Lightning to join the battlefield, while Jiraiya left Turtle Island to support the Allied Forces after learning Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation had caused heavy casualties.

• Hyuga Hiashi and the Allied Forces adopted Hizashi’s idea of having the camp behave abnormally to identify White Zetsu infiltrators.
• An Iwagakure ninja exposed and killed a White Zetsu after it failed to fit in with the camp’s bizarre behavior.
• Obito told Nagato that the surprise attack had cost 4,072 White Zetsu lives while killing only 380 Allied Forces ninjas.
• Nagato crossed into the Land of Lightning and prepared to pressure the Allied Forces, hoping they would divert forces from guarding the Jinchuriki.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Jiraiya that Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation had caused many deaths, then ordered Jiraiya to support the battlefield while he guarded Turtle Island.

After the White Zetsu sneak attacks, Asuka and the Fourth Division prepared for another battle while the Allied Forces learned that Akatsuki’s full roster stood ahead. Mei Terumi ordered the decisive clash to begin, leaving both armies facing each other on the battlefield.

• Asuka and Mabui reviewed the report that White Zetsu had attacked every Allied Forces unit except theirs, and Mabui described how Ebizo’s plan had helped distinguish friend from foe.
• Asuka gave Uchiha Saburo hot Luosifen, and they discussed the revived Kage and the Allied Forces’ powerful reinforcements.
• Karui brought Mabui Luosifen, and after Mabui refused to taste it, Karui smeared broth on her lips and provoked a shriek from the captain’s tent.
• Pakura spotted the Allied Forces approaching as Kisame resolved to focus on surviving, while Akatsuki’s members gathered for the battle.
• Mei Terumi and Ōnoki faced the assembled Akatsuki with the Allied Forces, and Mei ordered the battle to begin.

The Ninja Allied Forces clashed with Akatsuki, White Zetsu, and resurrected Kage, while Konan revealed that Akatsuki’s true goal was to eliminate the ninja system. Mei Terumi realized the enemy was willing to wipe out every ninja on the battlefield even if they could not capture the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki countered each other’s water techniques, then fought as the Allied Forces and Akatsuki prepared to charge.
• The Second Kazekage warned that the battle could leave the Five Great Nations’ villages weakened, as revived Kage faced ninja from their own villages.
• Kisame, Kakuzu, Konan, and other Akatsuki members joined the fighting, while Black Zetsu was kicked away by a Special Jonin he had mistaken for an easy target.
• Mei Terumi fought Konan, defended an injured Allied Forces ninja, and ordered him to retreat from the battlefield.
• Konan told Mei Terumi that ninja brought disasters to the world and declared that Akatsuki intended to eliminate the ninja system.
• Mei Terumi realized the enemy’s extreme one-for-one attacks were aimed at killing every ninja, not merely capturing the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

The Allied Forces faced a decisive battle, and Raikage Ai ordered the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki brought under his and Tsunade’s protection while reinforcements moved toward Mei Terumi. Uchiha Asuka’s Fourth Division reached the battlefield, where he rescued two shinobi and learned they had been sent to hold back the Third Raikage.

• Raikage Ai rejected killing the Jinchuriki as a temporary solution and ordered them brought to headquarters while their guards reinforced the battlefield.
• Uchiha Saburo discussed the war and Uchiha Asuka with Shisui, then tried to arrange a clan-benefiting match for him.
• Asuka told Mabui he had avoided the Great Elder’s matchmaking by claiming that eighty was the prime age to have children for the clan.
• Mabui spotted Impure World Reincarnation shinobi attacking two Allied Forces members, and Asuka struck down Toroi with one punch.
• The two rescued shinobi told Asuka they belonged to the Second Division and had been sent to hold back the Third Raikage.

Asuka learned that Mei Terumi’s forces were close to being overwhelmed and sent Mabui to reinforce them while he went to face the Third Raikage. He joined the battle, treated a wounded ninja, and blocked the Third Raikage’s attacks with Susanoo, which cracked under the Raikage’s assault.

• Asuka sent Mabui and the Allied Forces to support Mei Terumi while he headed for the Third Raikage with Shinichi.
• Shinichi wondered whether the villages could coexist peacefully, and Asuka said they might after the war.
• The Third Raikage attacked the allied ninjas, who used Wind Release and teamwork to slow him down.
• Asuka arrived, healed a ninja whose chest the Third Raikage had pierced, and faced the Raikage himself.
• Asuka blocked the Third Raikage’s Three-Finger Nukite with Susanoo, but the Raikage cracked it with a Two-Finger Nukite and knocked Asuka backward.

Jiraiya headed toward the battlefield after learning that Konan and Nagato might be alive and involved in the war. Mei Terumi was pinned down by Konan and Pakura, while Asuka used his Mangekyo abilities to split the Third Raikage in half, leaving him to realize he had been tricked by Asuka’s failed technique.

• Jiraiya recalled his former students and set out for the battlefield after Tsunade reported that Konan and the wielder of the Sage’s Eye were involved in the war.
• Pakura blasted Mei Terumi, and Konan joined her in attacking Mei and preventing her from reaching Orochimaru.
• Mei Terumi fought off Konan and Pakura’s coordinated attacks but remained tied down while the allied forces struggled across the battlefield.
• Asuka struck the Third Raikage with a fire technique that failed, then used Okuninushi to cut off his arm and split his body in two.
• The Third Raikage realized Asuka had used the failed technique to bait him into attacking and admitted he had been fooled.

Asuka sealed the Third Raikage and the Allied Forces’ divisions rushed to reinforce Mei Terumi, while Hiashi and Hizashi discussed the Hyuga clan’s Caged Bird seal. The Fourth Division helped turn the battle around, but Konan warned Mei that Akatsuki had expected the reinforcements, and Kisame’s call for Orochimaru to act drew the Allied Forces’ hatred toward him.

• Asuka used his Mangekyo power to defeat the Third Raikage, who was sealed by the Sand Ninja, and then sent his forces to support Mei Terumi.
• Inuzuka Tsume led the Fifth Division toward Mei’s battlefield while a clan member teased her about her friendship with Fugaku.
• Hiashi and Hizashi discussed the Hyuga clan’s Caged Bird seal, and Hizashi proposed reviving past generations to find its creator.
• The Fourth Division arrived with its Chakra largely intact and helped the Allied Forces push back their enemies.
• Mei used her Boil Release to melt Konan’s paper, but Konan said Akatsuki had been waiting for the reinforcements.
• Kisame called on Orochimaru to act, prompting the Allied Forces to curse him for reviving their relatives and disturbing their graves.

Orochimaru summoned Manda to attack the Ninja Allied Forces, devastating the battlefield and overwhelming the assembled ninja. Uchiha Asuka then summoned Ichikishimahime, who stopped Manda’s next strike and faced the snake clan leader.

• The Allied Forces paused their fighting to curse Orochimaru for using Impure World Reincarnation to disturb their dead, while Orochimaru reflected on Akatsuki and Jiraiya’s disciples.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda and offered the ninja below as sacrifices, prompting Manda to attack the Allied Forces.
• Manda swept through the battlefield, carving a basin into the ground and scattering the ninja as Kisame considered whether to intervene.
• When Manda’s tail descended toward fleeing ninja, Uchiha Asuka summoned a giant Blue Serpent that stopped the blow.
• Ichikishimahime revealed herself as a Sage of Ryūchi Cave, and Manda recognized her and withdrew its tail.

Uchiha Asuka and the Ninja Allied Forces held off the Akatsuki as giant summons clashed across the battlefield. Black Zetsu and Spiral Zetsu decided to keep the pressure gradual and wait for Nagato before calling out Madara.

• Mei Terumi recognized Asuka’s Blue Serpent and inferred that he had defeated the Third Raikage, while Ōnoki and the Second Tsuchikage clashed with Dust Release.
• Manda provoked Ichikishimahime over her Summoning Contract and instant-noodle breath, prompting her to attack with Sage Art: White Rage Technique.
• Manda exposed Orochimaru to Ichikishimahime’s attack, but Orochimaru blocked it with Triple Rashomon; Asuka then summoned Shukaku and combined wind and fire ninjutsu to blast Manda back.
• Konan wondered why Asuka was helping the Allied Forces, while Black Zetsu reasoned that Asuka was protecting his standing in Konoha and avoiding the label of rogue ninja.
• Black Zetsu reached Spiral Zetsu, and they agreed to wait for Nagato and avoid pushing the Allied Forces so hard that they might kill the Eight-Tails.

Kakuzu searched the battlefield for hearts while the other Akatsuki members pursued their own aims, and Anko recovered from Orochimaru’s rejection to fight again. Asuka and Orochimaru argued over a Kusanagi Sword, leaving Asuka to suspect that the system had stolen some of its rewards from other people.

• Kakuzu ignored the fighting and scavenged for hearts, while Asuka observed the Akatsuki members acting on their own agendas.
• Orochimaru kicked Anko away, but a nearby ninja helped her recover, and she cut an Impure World Reincarnation ninja apart for the Sealing Team.
• Orochimaru told Asuka that Anko was better suited to a quiet life, and Asuka questioned whether anyone in Konoha might target her for knowing Orochimaru’s secrets.
• Asuka accused Orochimaru of nearly killing him in the past, and they clashed over whether Asuka had stolen Orochimaru’s Kusanagi Sword.
• Orochimaru pointed out the White Snake mark Anko had carved on the sword, prompting Asuka to suspect his system had taken the sword and perhaps other rewards, including Lightning Fire Chickens.

Uchiha Asuka fought Orochimaru while Ichikishimahime battled Manda, and he ultimately defeated Orochimaru with Tsukuyomi. The battlefield remained precarious, but Asuka and Ichikishimahime believed the Allied Shinobi had managed to avoid collapse as they awaited reinforcements.

• Orochimaru explained that his lost Kusanagi Sword had brought him misfortune, while Asuka argued that his human experiments were bound to be exposed.
• Ichikishimahime summoned three giant rock serpents with Inorganic Reincarnation, and she and Manda fought while Orochimaru and Asuka clashed.
• Shukaku restrained Orochimaru with Wind Release: Sand Hail as Asuka struck him with a Great Fireball, but Orochimaru escaped by shedding bodies and revealed he was using a temporary clone.
• Orochimaru and Asuka appeared to sever each other's heads, but Orochimaru realized he was trapped in Asuka's Tsukuyomi; outside the illusion, Asuka had defeated him and exposed his body as White Zetsu's corpse.
• Ichikishimahime told Asuka that the Allied Shinobi had stabilized the battlefield, though Asuka said they had only barely avoided collapse.

Konan ordered Akatsuki to delay the battle until all Allied forces gathered, while Asuka and Shukaku rapidly defeated and sealed Impure World Reincarnation ninjas. Pakura confronted Asuka, but the arrival of several Allied divisions shifted the battlefield as the chapter ended.

• Konan sent the Second Mizukage to replace Pakura and ordered Akatsuki to slow its attacks until the Allied forces assembled.
• Asuka and Shukaku defeated and sealed Impure World Reincarnation ninjas in rapid succession, alarming Konan and Pakura.
• Pakura arrived before Asuka and told him to stop fighting, acknowledging that they now stood on opposing sides.
• Hyuga Hiashi led the arriving Allied reinforcements into battle, and the Fifth Division, First Division, and Mifune's force reached the battlefield.

Mei Terumi trapped the Second Mizukage, while Ōnoki fought his former teacher, the Second Tsuchikage, and recovered his resolve. Ōnoki and Shukaku sealed the Second Tsuchikage, but Akatsuki’s flying member remained missing from the battlefield.

• Mei Terumi lured the Second Mizukage into bringing his real body close, trapped him in a Water Prison, and summoned the Sealing Team.
• The Second Tsuchikage warned Ōnoki that Akatsuki’s flying member had disappeared and urged him to seal his former teacher quickly.
• The Second Tsuchikage challenged Ōnoki’s resolve and criticized his pursuit of a powerful successor and Iwagakure’s military hegemony.
• Ōnoki regained his fighting spirit and overwhelmed the Second Tsuchikage with the Detachment of the Limit World Technique.
• Ōnoki used Added-Weight Rock Technique to bring the Second Tsuchikage down, then struck him as Shukaku sealed him inside a sand pyramid.

The Allied Forces gained ground as Mei Terumi searched for the missing Konan, while Kisame, Kakuzu, and Orochimaru reflected on Akatsuki’s claim to fight for peace. Obito watched Turtle Island and reaffirmed his plan to create a real world where the war’s losses and suffering would never have happened.

• Mei Terumi noticed Konan had vanished during the battle, while Kisame faced Hyuga Hiashi and argued that both sides fought for peace before attacking him.
• Kakuzu tried to dissuade Kakashi from fighting, claiming that he, too, wanted peace, but attacked when Kakashi refused to move.
• Orochimaru observed that most of the Impure World Reincarnation ninjas had been sealed and mused that Akatsuki’s members had once hoped for peace.
• Konan recovered in an underground hideout and said the Fourth Shinobi World War would fulfill the dream she shared with Yahiko and Nagato.
• Obito watched Turtle Island and declared that the Eye of the Moon would restore the dead and create a world without the suffering of the false one.

Uchiha Saburo and Uchiha Mado fought on despite their exhaustion, while Asuka battled Pakura on the battlefield. Pakura revealed that she had fallen for Asuka after he saved her, leaving the Allied Forces shinobi stunned by their relationship.

• Uchiha Mado defended a wounded shinobi and urged Uchiha Saburo to protect the next generation before they returned to battle together.
• Uchiha Saburo fought Hozuki Shark Moon, provoked him into an explosive trap, and then put another Exploding Tag in his mouth as Uchiha Mado followed suit.
• Asuka and Pakura fought after he urged her to rest, and Asuka used genjutsu and Earth Release to try to restrain her.
• Pakura explained that Asuka had saved her after she was betrayed and said her feelings for him began then.
• The Allied Forces shinobi who overheard Pakura's confession stared in shock at Asuka and Pakura.

Asuka fought Pakura as she tried to stop him from thwarting Akatsuki’s plan, and he defeated her after realizing he could not persuade her with words. Underground, Konan prepared to detonate countless Exploding Tags as the Allied Forces gained ground.

• Raikage Ai challenged Tsunade over Konoha’s ties to Akatsuki, while Shikaku explained that leaked intelligence could no longer change the war’s outcome.
• Pakura told Asuka that betrayal had driven her to seek a peaceful world, and Ichikishimahime challenged her ideal while ultimately affirming that no one could fault an idealist.
• Asuka stopped trying to reason with Pakura, countered her Scorch Release attack with Okuninushi, and electrocuted her with Lightning Water Bullet after she ran low on Chakra.
• Asuka claimed that defeating Pakura would let him keep her at home without objection from the Five Great Nations, while Konan vowed to rescue her after Akatsuki’s plan was complete.
• As the Allied Forces pressed their advantage and nearly one hundred thousand fighters gathered, Konan revealed hundreds of Exploding Tags throughout the underground space.