Chapter Summaries

Yuu drank Minato’s liquor while Tsunade held Shusui, and Minato and Shikaku competed for his favor. Mimura Hamaki interrupted them to warn that the Stone Ninja were trying to escape.

• Yuu tossed Shusui to Tsunade and asked for alcohol.
• Minato offered Yuu a bottle of fine liquor, frustrating Shikaku, who had hoped to win Yuu’s favor.
• Yuu drained the bottle, then slapped Minato’s arm and mocked his smile.
• Shikaku laughed at Minato, while Mimura Hamaki warned that the Stone Ninja were trying to run away.

After defeating the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki and the Five-Tails, Yuu ordered Konoha’s forces to pursue Iwagakure and seize its wine. He left with Tsunade to check on the injured White-haired man, while Roshi protested that everyone had forgotten about him.

• Yuu sensed fleeing figures carrying the badly injured Ōnoki and cursed that he had escaped.
• Yuu struck Minato, Shikaku, and the other Konoha ninja for not pursuing the enemy, then ordered them to raid Iwagakure’s wine stores.
• Minato, Shikaku, and the Konoha forces charged toward Iwagakure, hoping to win Yuu’s personal guidance by claiming the most wine.
• Yuu teased a tipsy Tsunade and took her along to see what had happened to the White-haired man.
• Roshi, standing in clean clothes and looking vigorous, loudly demanded to know what would happen to him.

Yuu forgot Roshi’s identity and then beat him for introducing himself incorrectly. Roshi was left under Yuu’s threat, while Four-Tails refused to protect him.

• After Yuu ordered the pursuit of Iwagakure, the Konoha ninja charged ahead and left Roshi behind.
• Four-Tails urged Roshi to flee, but Roshi stayed to save face and was spotted by Yuu.
• Yuu asked who Roshi was, and Tsunade reminded him that Roshi had set off fireworks for him.
• Yuu remembered Roshi as the red-haired monkey who set off fireworks and struck him with his scabbard for using the wrong introduction.
• Four-Tails withheld its chakra from Roshi as Yuu threatened to chop him up if he ran away.

Yuu forced Roshi to obey and brought him to the abyss, where they found the Five-Tails gravely wounded. After seeing its condition, the Four-Tails accepted that being Yuu’s “fireworks machine” was preferable to suffering the same fate, while Tsunade asked what Yuu planned to do with the Five-Tails.

• Yuu staggered toward the abyss with Tsunade supporting him, and Roshi followed after agreeing to obey.
• The Four-Tails mocked Roshi for refusing to leave and getting beaten, then stopped when it saw the Five-Tails lying in the abyss covered in Blade Marks.
• The Four-Tails shuddered at the Five-Tails’ condition and decided that becoming a fireworks machine was not so bad.
• Yuu struck Roshi with his scabbard and ordered him to fish out the Five-Tails and carry it along.
• Tsunade asked Yuu what he planned to do with the nearly lifeless Five-Tails.

Yuu captured Roshi and the Five-Tails, then decided to trade the Five-Tails for more alcohol. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed reports of the battle against Iwagakure and hoped for good news as the decisive fight continued.

• Yuu told Roshi to take the Five-Tails back so he could trade it for booze.
• Tsunade reacted with amusement to Yuu's plan to exchange a Tailed Beast for alcohol.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed reports in his office after weeks of sleepless nights preparing for war with Iwagakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi was amazed that Yuu had captured Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, alive.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered the ongoing decisive battle and worried about Iwagakure's force of more than thirteen thousand combatants.

Hiruzen Sarutobi received news that Yuu had defeated Iwagakure’s forces on the first day of battle and led Konoha’s army to surround the village. As Hiruzen celebrated, he realized Yuu had fought Ōnoki and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki alone, despite Hiruzen believing his own strength matched Ōnoki’s.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that Konoha’s smaller force might struggle against Iwagakure and prepared reinforcements.
• The Intelligence Captain reported that Yuu had severely wounded Ōnoki, captured Han, and killed more than three thousand enemy ninja.
• The Intelligence Captain said Iwagakure’s front had collapsed and Yuu’s army had surrounded the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned to learn the battle had turned in Konoha’s favor on its first day.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized Yuu had fought Ōnoki and Han alone, even though Hiruzen considered himself Ōnoki’s equal.

Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that Yuu might punish him for sending him to the Stone Battlefield. Outside Iwagakure, Yuu’s enormous black-purple slashes tore apart the mountainous terrain, leaving the village’s defenders terrified and the Tsuchikage unconscious.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi panicked as he recalled how he had persuaded Yuu to go to the Stone Battlefield and feared Yuu would slash him in revenge.
• Iwagakure’s defenders had repelled Konoha’s attacks by using the village’s rugged terrain and Earth Style.
• Yuu arrived outside Iwagakure and unleashed giant black-purple slashes that shattered mountains and boulders.
• Kitsuchi, Hikari, and the other jonin watched in fear as the attacks ravaged the village’s outskirts while the Tsuchikage remained unconscious.

Yuu continued tearing through Iwagakure’s natural defenses while the village’s leaders faced the prospect of surrender. Kitsuchi ordered Hikari to seek negotiations with the Land of Fire, as no one in Iwagakure could stop Yuu.

• Hikari watched Yuu’s slashes destroy Iwagakure’s outer defenses and feared the village would soon be exposed.
• Kitsuchi noted that his father remained unconscious and that Iwagakure’s civilians and demoralized Stone Ninja could not withstand Yuu.
• Kitsuchi ordered Hikari and the other jonin to contact the Land of Earth’s Daimyo’s Mansion and negotiate with the Land of Fire.
• Hikari and the other jonin reluctantly accepted that Iwagakure had no alternative to surrendering.
• Yuu slashed apart hills and boulders with Shusui while complaining that he had to personally take down Iwagakure.

Yuu carved apart the mountains surrounding Iwagakure with relentless slashes while Minato, Shikaku, and the others stayed back and prepared food for him. The chapter left Yuu still raging outside the village and demanding that Iwagakure's ninja come out.

• Yuu's slashes tore through the mountains and boulders around Iwagakure, leaving a vast hollow expanse.
• Tsunade massaged Yuu's arm while he complained that he was exhausted from cutting.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to hunt rare game, and Shikaku and Choza Akimichi cooked it for Yuu.
• Choza Akimichi, Shikaku, Minato, and Mimura Hamaki agreed that Konoha was fortunate Yuu had been born there.
• Yuu shouted at Iwagakure's ninja to come out as his slashes continued to shake the area.

Yuu’s drunken slash cleaved a mountain peak, leaving Minato and the others afraid to deliver him barbecue until Tsunade volunteered. As Konoha’s jonin cleared the rubble, an elders’ meeting began in the Hokage’s office, with Hiruzen looking healthy and Danzo visibly grim.

• Yuu unleashed a slash that cut through a mountain range and shattered a peak.
• Minato, Shikaku, and Choza hesitated to deliver Yuu’s barbecue because they feared his drunken strength.
• Tsunade took the barbecue to Yuu and warned the others to make noise if he came looking for them.
• Shikaku organized Minato, Mimura Hamaki, and the others to clear away the rubble.
• Hiruzen presided over an elders’ meeting while Danzo sat below him looking dark and despondent.

Konoha’s elders argued over Saiki Yuu’s attack on Iwagakure and the captured Five-Tails Jinchuriki. Utatane Koharu and Danzo challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi and sought to halt Yuu’s advance, hold him accountable, and take custody of the jinchuriki.

• Utatane Koharu reacted uneasily to Saiki Yuu’s achievements, while Danzo demanded that Root take custody of the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Danzo what Root had accomplished in the war, leaving Danzo furious.
• Utatane Koharu called for Saiki Yuu to halt his attack, arguing that Iwagakure’s defenses and terrain would make an invasion disastrous for Konoha.
• Utatane Koharu used Yuu’s supposed unauthorized actions to challenge Hiruzen Sarutobi and lay the groundwork for suppressing Yuu.
• Danzo backed Utatane Koharu and demanded that Yuu be held accountable and that the Five-Tails Jinchuriki be handed over.

As Danzo and the elders pressed Hiruzen Sarutobi to hold Yuu accountable, a report from the Land of Fire Daimyo's Mansion revealed that the Land of Earth Daimyo's Mansion had intervened to mediate Iwagakure’s near-collapse under Saiki Yuu’s assault. Hiruzen Sarutobi received the message and demanded to know what was happening on the front lines.

• Danzo and Utatane Koharu pressured Hiruzen Sarutobi while ignoring Yuu’s contributions.
• The Konoha Intelligence Captain interrupted the meeting to announce a letter from the Land of Fire Daimyo's Mansion.
• The Captain reported that the Land of Earth Daimyo's Mansion was mediating after Iwagakure nearly collapsed under Saiki Yuu’s assault.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura were shocked, and Utatane Koharu protested that the report could not be true.
• The Captain handed the message to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who demanded an explanation of the front-line situation.

Konoha learned that Saiki Yuu had devastated the mountains around Iwagakure and forced the village to surrender with almost no Konoha casualties. Hiruzen Sarutobi celebrated the victory as Utatane Koharu and Danzo concealed their displeasure, then the council turned to demanding compensation from Iwagakure.

• The Intelligence Unit captain reported that Saiki Yuu had leveled the mountains around Iwagakure while Konoha suffered almost no casualties.
• Utatane Koharu was shocked because the news contradicted her prediction that Konoha would suffer devastating losses.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi celebrated Saiki Yuu's victory and challenged Utatane Koharu and Danzo over their reactions.
• Utatane Koharu and Danzo forced themselves to praise Saiki Yuu and express happiness about Konoha's victory.
• Utatane Koharu said the war was over after the Land of Earth Daimyo's Mansion mediated and proposed discussing compensation from Iwagakure.

Hiruzen Sarutobi presided over the Elder Council as its members argued over what resources to demand from Iwagakure as the price for Konoha withdrawing its troops. The elders presented their demands to Hiruzen, who kept his own judgment to himself.

• The elders argued over whether to demand medicinal herbs, minerals, or a large war indemnity from Iwagakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed the table and quieted the Elder Council.
• An Elder from the Hokage faction asked Hiruzen whether he would object to the other factions' demands, and Hiruzen told him to let them proceed.
• Utatane Koharu prompted an Elder to hand Hiruzen the list of resources the council had decided to demand from Iwagakure.
• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Danzo, and the other elders anticipated using the haul to strengthen their positions.

Hiruzen Sarutobi ignored the Elder Council’s demands and sent Yuu to the Iwagakure front, while privately warning him not to focus only on taking liquor. As Yuu’s attacks devastated Iwagakure’s natural defenses, Minato and Shikaku learned that the Land of Earth Daimyo’s Mansion had intervened to mediate, signaling Iwagakure’s surrender.

• Utatane Koharu and the other elders celebrated their demands, but Hiruzen Sarutobi told them to send the document directly to the Iwagakure front without reviewing it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi privately decided to write to Yuu so he would not return from Iwagakure with only liquor.
• Yuu’s black-purple slashes split apart a mountain and reduced Iwagakure’s natural barrier to rubble.
• Minato received one scroll from the Elder Council and another from Hiruzen Sarutobi, then showed them to Shikaku and the others.
• Shikaku read that the Land of Earth Daimyo’s Mansion had stepped in to mediate and concluded that Iwagakure’s surrender was inevitable.

Minato and the others brought orders from Konoha to Yuu while he attacked Iwagakure. Tsunade read the scrolls, condemned the Elder Council’s demands, and went to speak with Yuu.

• Minato and Shikaku judged that Iwagakure would soon be devastated and discussed bringing the village’s orders to Yuu.
• Yuu continued unleashing brutal slashes against Iwagakure as Minato and the others approached with Tsunade.
• Tsunade read the Elder Council’s orders demanding the Five-Tails Jinchuriki be escorted to Konoha and angrily criticized the council for ignoring Yuu’s achievements.
• Tsunade read Hiruzen Sarutobi’s letter, then told Minato and the others to wait while she went to speak with Yuu.

Yuu rejected the Elder Council’s demands and ignored the order to halt attacks and negotiate peace with Iwagakure. As his slashes battered the village, Iwagakure’s remaining jonin feared for their wounded Tsuchikage and the village’s dwindling forces.

• Tsunade stopped Yuu from chopping and showed him the Elder Council’s scroll and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s letter.
• Yuu tore up the Elder Council’s scroll without reading it and smiled at Hiruzen Sarutobi’s flattering letter.
• Tsunade asked what Yuu thought of the order to stop attacking and negotiate peace with Iwagakure.
• Yuu refused to stop and said he would slash Iwagakure first.
• At Iwagakure’s watchtower, Kitsuchi, Hikari, and the other jonin watched Yuu’s slashes devastate the area and worried about Tsuchikage-sama’s injuries.

After Tsuchikage-sama was gravely injured and Iwagakure suffered heavy losses to Saiki Yuu, Kitsuchi learned that the Land of Earth Daimyo's Mansion had arranged mediation with the Land of Fire Daimyo's Mansion. The slashes stopped, but Iwagakure faced Konoha's coming demands for reparations.

• Kitsuchi heard that Tsuchikage-sama remained unconscious and that the Daimyo's Mansion had asked the Land of Fire Daimyo's Mansion to mediate.
• Kitsuchi reflected on Iwagakure's defeat and the enormous price the village might have to pay for peace.
• The violent slashes and tremors around Iwagakure stopped, and Hikari and the other Stone Ninja felt relief.
• Kitsuchi told the exhausted Stone Ninja to rest and prepare to meet Konoha's representatives.
• A rumble sounded after the slashes had ceased.

Iwagakure’s people watched black-purple slashes continue to devastate the land despite reports that the Land of Fire Daimyo had ordered Konoha to cease fire. The chapter left Kitsuchi and the villagers facing the possibility that the attacker had deliberately defied both Konoha and the Daimyo’s Mansion as the destruction drew closer.

• Black-purple slashes resumed tearing through the earth as Iwagakure prepared to return home.
• Kitsuchi demanded that an intelligence jonin confirm the Daimyo’s Mansion’s reported mediation.
• The jonin returned with word that the Land of Fire Daimyo’s Mansion had ordered Konoha to cease fire.
• Kitsuchi realized the attacker had ignored the ceasefire order, and Iwagakure’s people feared their village was doomed.
• The slashes continued crushing mountains and carving deep fissures toward Iwagakure.

As Berserk Slash tore toward Iwagakure, Kitsuchi ordered the village’s civilians evacuated and prepared the remaining shinobi to defend the entrance. The villagers reached concealed shelters, while Kitsuchi and the assembled fighters awaited the approaching threat.

• Iwagakure’s shinobi watched Berserk Slash approach and feared that the village’s natural barrier would be destroyed.
• Kitsuchi ordered civilians to shelter in the mountain bunkers and told the jonin and Special Jonin to assemble at the village entrance.
• The Stone Ninjas rallied themselves to defend Iwagakure despite their fear.
• The Stone Ninjas guided civilians through the rear of the village to concealed shelters protected by Fuinjutsu.
• An Iwagakure jonin reported to Kitsuchi that all the villagers had been evacuated.