Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen told Danzo that Saiki Yuu had killed the Third Raikage, shocking Danzo with the scale of Yuu’s strength. Danzo began to doubt whether even the Four-Tails and Five-Tails would let him defeat Yuu.

• Danzo agreed to hear Hiruzen’s military intelligence because he feared being excluded from future reports.
• Hiruzen told Danzo that Saiki Yuu had killed the Third Raikage.
• Danzo was stunned and recalled the Third Raikage’s reputation as a fighter who could suppress the Eight-Tails.
• Danzo grew afraid that he could not defeat Yuu even if he obtained the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.

Hiruzen Sarutobi told Danzo that Saiki Yuu had achieved great military success, then left without sharing any other battle reports. Danzo erupted in anger after Hiruzen asked him to write Yuu a congratulatory letter, while Konoha’s morale was already soaring.

• Danzo steeled himself by recalling his Four-Tails and Five-Tails, Wood Release, and secret techniques as reasons he could face Saiki Yuu.
• Danzo asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for the other battle reports, but Hiruzen said he had only come to share news about Yuu.
• Hiruzen told Danzo to write Yuu a congratulatory letter praising his achievements, then left before finishing his tea.
• Danzo cursed Hiruzen, realizing he had visited only to show off and had left him with no useful information.
• Danzo thought Konoha’s streets already showed overwhelming admiration for Yuu and that the village’s morale was at an all-time high.

Danzo reluctantly began writing a congratulatory letter for Saiki Yuu after Hiruzen told Yuu about it. At the Cloud Battlefield, Yuu kept training Orochimaru and Jiraiya, leaving them terrified of facing him again.

• Danzo ordered Ryoma to prepare ink and announced that he would refuse visitors for a month so he could write a letter that satisfied Yuu.
• Danzo headed to the Root base, fearing Yuu would attack him if he failed to write the letter.
• At the Cloud Battlefield command tent, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Minato, and other Konoha elites read the letter from Konoha as Yuu ate and drank.
• Yuu warned Orochimaru and Jiraiya that he would continue their sword training after noticing them staring at him.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya recalled how Yuu had overwhelmed them in training and made them summon Manda and Gamabunta for him to fight.

Yuu read a letter upside down while drunk and accused Jiraiya and Orochimaru of deceiving him. The Konoha group backed Yuu’s claim, leaving the two summons’ users furious and too intimidated to protest.

• Jiraiya and Orochimaru regretted summoning Gamabunta and Manda after Yuu slashed them; Gamabunta fled to Mount Myōboku, while Manda was badly injured and would need months to recover.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru pointed Yuu toward the letter in Tsunade’s hand and pleaded with him not to blame them.
• Yuu snatched the letter, read it upside down, and angrily accused Jiraiya and Orochimaru of fooling him.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru told Yuu he was holding the letter upside down, but the Konoha group denied it and claimed the writing had been that way all along.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru seethed as Yuu calmly addressed them as the snake user and the toad.

Yuu received Hiruzen Sarutobi’s letter praising him for killing the Third Raikage and learned that Danzo had been tasked with writing him a congratulatory message. After Tsunade warned that the Cloud-Sand Allied Forces had three tailed beasts on the battlefield, Yuu refused to send more and declared he would capture them himself.

• Yuu ordered Jiraiya and Orochimaru to read Hiruzen Sarutobi’s letter right-side up.
• Orochimaru agreed to make sure Danzo wrote Yuu a proper congratulatory letter after Yuu threatened them both.
• Tsunade told Yuu that Kumogakure and Sunagakure had allied and brought the One-Tail, Eight-Tails, and Two-Tails to the battlefield.
• Yuu dismissed the suggestion to deploy the Four-Tails or Five-Tails and said he would cut down the tailed beasts and bring them back to Konoha.

Yuu planned to capture the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails and raise them alongside the Four-Tails and Five-Tails he had already taken. Tsunade offered her yard for the tailed beasts, and they discussed charging visitors wine for a look, photos, or rides before Yuu urged Konoha to reclaim his pets from Kumogakure and Sunagakure.

• Yuu noted that capturing the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails would bring him more than half of the nine portions of Six Paths Power.
• Konoha's people reacted with disbelief as they realized Yuu truly intended to keep tailed beasts as pets.
• Tsunade offered to house the tailed beasts in her large yard, leaving Jiraiya heartbroken.
• Yuu and Tsunade discussed charging visitors bottles of fine wine to see the tailed beasts, take photos, or ride them.
• Yuu called on Konoha to take his pets back from Kumogakure and Sunagakure.

Kumogakure’s shinobi mourned the Third Raikage and struggled to believe that Saiki Yuu had killed him. The Cloud camp feared the man they now had to face, even as some vowed revenge.

• Konoha’s group accepted Yuu’s instructions and believed he planned to claim the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails as his pets.
• Cloud Ninja at the Kumogakure camp grieved the Third Raikage’s death and recalled how he had made their village powerful.
• An older Cloud Ninja reminded a comrade that A was now the Fourth Raikage and warned that speaking carelessly could harm morale.
• A Cloud Ninja vowed to avenge the Third Raikage, but another questioned whether they could defeat Saiki Yuu.
• The Cloud Ninja fell silent at Yuu’s name, showing their fear of the man who had killed the Third Raikage.

The Fourth Raikage questioned why Sunagakure had sent so few jonin to join Kumogakure against Saiki Yuu. Chiyo defended Sunagakure’s strength while hiding her anger over the Raikage’s insults.

• Cloud Ninja recognized Sunagakure’s approaching shinobi and reflected on how desperately Kumogakure needed their help.
• The Fourth Raikage questioned Chiyo about Sunagakure’s small number of jonin.
• Chiyo silently resented the Raikage, knowing Saiki Yuu had nearly wiped out Sunagakure’s remaining jonin.
• Chiyo claimed Sunagakure’s elite forces and puppet army would demonstrate their strength once the war began.
• The Fourth Raikage dismissed the puppets as useless against Saiki Yuu, and Chiyo struggled to contain her anger.

Chiyo and the Fourth Raikage argued over Sunagakure’s role in their alliance against Saiki Yuu, but Kumogakure offered Ebizo a position in the joint forces’ Think Tank. The villages began discussing terms for using the One-Tail and recovering it after Saiki Yuu was killed.

• Chiyo told the Fourth Raikage that Sunagakure wanted to discuss how to kill Saiki Yuu, and confirmed that they had brought the One-Tail.
• The Fourth Raikage dismissed the importance of Rasa, prompting Chiyo to accuse him of insulting Sunagakure.
• A Kumogakure Think Tank member calmed the dispute and offered to let Ebizo serve as Think Tank for the joint forces.
• Chiyo said the One-Tail was sealed inside a temporary Jinchuriki and asked Kumogakure to help Sunagakure retrieve it after Saiki Yuu was killed.

Chiyo and the Fourth Raikage formed an alliance between Sunagakure and Kumogakure to kill Saiki Yuu, while agreeing that Kumogakure would help deal with the rampaging One-Tail. Their forces gathered at the Kumogakure–Konoha Battlefield with the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails, escalating the war.

• Chiyo explained that the One-Tail could torment its Jinchuriki and that Sunagakure had brought it to the battlefield in a temporary test subject.
• The Fourth Raikage assured Chiyo that Kumogakure would not covet the One-Tail, and Killer B boasted about Kumogakure's tailed beasts.
• Chiyo and the Fourth Raikage established an alliance and declared their objective was to kill Saiki Yuu.
• Sunagakure and Kumogakure sent their available forces to the Kumogakure–Konoha Battlefield after Iwagakure withdrew from the war.
• The two villages brought the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails into the conflict, an unprecedented display of tailed-beast power.

Sunagakure and Kumogakure united their forces, including tailed beasts, to challenge Saiki Yuu, whose victories had made him the Shinobi World's most feared fighter. As the allied army prepared to fight him, the chapter ended with the outcome still uncertain and the world divided over whether he should prevail.

• Saiki Yuu's past victories against Sunagakure and Iwagakure established his reputation as the Shinobi World's strongest and most terrifying genius.
• Sunagakure and Kumogakure assembled an allied force led by Rasa and A, with Killer B, Chiyo, and several tailed beasts among its fighters.
• Many people believed Saiki Yuu could defeat the allied forces because his true strength remained unknown and no opponent had matched him.
• Others hoped the allied forces would kill Saiki Yuu, fearing the consequences of his domination over the Shinobi World.

Zetsu told Uchiha Madara about the recent events in the Shinobi World, including Saiki Yuu’s victories and the claim that the era belonged to him. Madara dismissed Yuu as insignificant and ordered Zetsu to continue preparing their plan.

• In a hidden cave, Uchiha Madara asked Zetsu what had happened in the Shinobi World.
• Zetsu described the recent major events, emphasizing the Cloud and Sand alliance’s campaign against Saiki Yuu and Yuu’s growing reputation.
• Madara dismissed Yuu’s achievements as the defeat of a few bugs and told Zetsu to continue preparing their plan.
• Madara vowed inwardly to prove that Hashirama had been wrong.

Zetsu was surprised by Saiki Yuu’s immense power and decided to observe him, while Konoha prepared to face the combined forces of Kumogakure and Sunagakure. Yuu dismissed the need for a strategy and said he would cut through the enemy army himself.

• Zetsu reflected that no one outside Indra or Asura’s reincarnations had ever reached Yuu’s level and decided to observe him.
• Tsunade told Konoha’s commanders that Kumogakure and Sunagakure had committed their full forces, while Kirigakure’s movements prevented Konoha from sending reinforcements.
• The commanders recognized that Konoha faced nearly thirty thousand enemy troops with only around ten thousand of its own.
• Tsunade asked Yuu for his thoughts, and he said he would cut straight through the enemy forces without a strategy.

Yuu ordered Konoha’s forces to fight fiercely in the coming war, threatening to make them spar with him if they failed. As the Konoha camp prepared for battle, his order drove the ninja into a frenzy, leaving enemy observers frightened and Konoha’s commanders astonished.

• Yuu told Konoha’s ninja to capture the tailed beasts and defeat Kumogakure and Sunagakure, threatening a week of sparring if they underperformed.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and the other Konoha ninja shuddered at the prospect of sparring with Yuu again.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru led Konoha’s preparations at the Great Camp, where elites repeated Yuu’s order and urged the troops to fight for him and Konoha.
• Konoha’s ninja shouted with fervor, while Sunagakure and Kumogakure Anbu watching from afar trembled in fear.
• Minato, Orochimaru, and other elites reported on preparations to Yuu and Tsunade and were left speechless by the camp’s frenzied morale.

Yuu drank and ate while lecturing Konoha’s elites, whose battlefield pride and manners had given way to his foul-mouthed influence. He asked Orochimaru about Manda’s recovery and warned that the still-injured snake had to perform well in battle the next day.

• Konoha’s elites adopted Yuu’s habit of cursing, and Orochimaru and Minato watched as he lectured them over food and wine.
• Tsunade served Yuu while Jiraiya joined in the loud cursing, frustrating Orochimaru.
• Yuu called on Orochimaru, who snapped to attention and answered nervously.
• Yuu asked how Manda was recovering, and Orochimaru said the snake’s injuries had not fully healed.
• Yuu ordered Orochimaru to make Manda perform well in battle the next day and threatened Ryūchi Cave if it failed.

Yuu ordered Konoha’s forces to launch a preemptive attack on the Sunagakure and Kumogakure alliance at dawn, rejecting defensive tactics in favor of a blitzkrieg. As the troops prepared for battle, Tsunade worried that Yuu was exhausted from the war.

• Orochimaru agreed to pass Yuu’s message to Manda and privately concluded that the snake needed replacing.
• Yuu ordered Konoha’s forces to prepare for a preemptive attack on the Sand and Cloud alliance at dawn.
• Konoha’s forces answered Yuu and left to conduct their final pre-battle inspections.
• Tsunade asked Yuu if he was tired, reflecting on how many enemies he had killed across the war’s battlefields.

Yuu feigned exhaustion as Tsunade comforted him, while Yugao envied their closeness. At the Kumo-Suna Allied Forces camp, the leaders planned to wear down Konoha and kill Yuu, confident their larger army held the advantage.

• Yuu pretended to be tired and leaned against Tsunade, who stroked his hair tenderly.
• Yugao watched Tsunade and privately worried she could not surpass her.
• Ebizo reported that the Allied Forces had nearly three times Konoha's numbers and proposed weakening Konoha before concentrating on killing Saiki Yuu.
• Rasa tried to assert his authority, but Chiyo and Ebizo were dissatisfied with his interruption.
• The Allied Forces leaders expected Konoha to defend rather than attack first.

Ebizo and Chiyo dismissed his concerns that Saiki Yuu might strike first, confident that the Cloud-Sand Alliance’s overwhelming numbers and powerful fighters could defeat him. At dawn, Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru reported that their Konoha squads had reached positions around the alliance’s poorly guarded camp, beginning Yuu’s planned surprise attack.

• The Fourth Raikage told Ebizo that Saiki Yuu was the alliance’s primary target, and Ebizo agreed that their interests were aligned.
• Ebizo warned Chiyo that Saiki Yuu might attack first, but she reassured him that the alliance’s superior numbers and assembled fighters could handle him.
• Ebizo returned to his tent, convinced that his fears came from exhaustion and that Konoha could not launch an offensive.
• At dawn, Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru each reported that their squads had reached their assigned positions around the Cloud-Sand Allied Forces’ defenses.
• Orochimaru observed that the alliance’s defenses were lax and wondered whether Yuu’s plan was a blitzkrieg.

Tsunade relayed Yuu’s order to begin the attack on Sunagakure and Kumogakure’s defensive line. Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Minato summoned giant beasts to lead the assault, while a sand shinobi woke shivering in the cold.

• Tsunade told Yuu that everything was ready after receiving intelligence through the Yamanaka Clan’s technique.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, who agreed to smash through the defensive line after hearing that Yuu had ordered it.
• Orochimaru summoned the wounded Manda, who vowed to swallow the Sunagakure and Kumogakure forces.
• Minato summoned Gama Ken and asked him to help attack the defensive line.
• A sand shinobi shivered awake and wondered when the war would end.

Konoha launched a surprise blitzkrieg that destroyed all three Sand and Cloud defensive lines and charged toward their camp. Fourth Raikage A reached the command tent and learned from Ebizo and Chiyo that Konoha had breached the lines.

• A Sand shinobi encountered Manda, who smashed through the Sand and Cloud defensive line despite his injuries.
• Yuu ordered Orochimaru to commit all Konoha forces to a blitzkrieg against the allied camp.
• Jiraiya and Minato’s forces destroyed another defensive line with Gama Bunta and Gama Ken, and Konoha troops converged on the camp.
• Red signal flares alerted the Sand and Cloud Alliance that a major crisis had begun.
• Fourth Raikage A entered the command tent, where Ebizo and Chiyo told him that Konoha had breached their defensive lines.