Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru visited Yuu’s new home without gifts, but the Great Elder of the Sarutobi Clan arrived with jars of fine wine and congratulated him. Minato then offered Yuu game he had hunted, while Hiruzen was left facing Yuu’s displeasure.

• Yuu demanded congratulatory gifts from Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, who had come to see his new home empty-handed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi blamed the others for bringing no gifts, and Jiraiya and Orochimaru silently resented being dragged along as shields.
• The Great Elder of the Sarutobi Clan arrived, admired Yuu’s home, and presented him with many sealed jars of fine wine.
• Yuu accepted the wine and gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a dangerous look, leaving Hiruzen feeling betrayed by the Great Elder’s generous gift.
• Minato offered Yuu game he had hunted a few days earlier.

At the celebration for Yuu’s new home, Minato and Konoha’s clan heads brought him gifts while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru had brought none. Yuu stopped the three from sneaking away and ordered them to spar with him for a week, and the chapter ended with the celebration giving way to a look at his luxurious hot spring.

• Minato gave Yuu rare game he had obtained using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Yuu passed it to Tsunade.
• Konoha’s major clan heads arrived with lavish gifts, hoping to keep Yuu pleased and support the Tailed Beast Arena’s construction.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru tried to slip away, but Yuu caught them and ordered them to spar with him using swords for a week.
• The celebration banquet ended, and the story showed Yuu’s hot spring pool built with rare materials that maintained its temperature outdoors.

Yuu enjoyed the Sarutobi Clan’s extravagant hot spring gift with the women around him. As he checked whether Uzuki Yugao had settled into his new house, Rin and Yugao said the estate was too large, and Yuu considered renovating it.

• Yuu relaxed in the hot spring while Kurenai served barbecue and the others brought wine and ice.
• Yuu pulled Rin and Kurenai into the water, then dragged Tsunade and Shizune in as well.
• Yuu ate rare grilled game and drank fine wine while the women attended to him.
• Yuu asked Uzuki Yugao whether she had gotten used to living in his new house, and Yugao said it was a little too big.
• Rin agreed that the estate was too large, so Yuu considered renovating it, but the women told him there was no need.

Rin stopped Yuu from renovating their extravagant new home, while Tsunade updated him on the Tailed Beast Arena's construction. Yuu accepted the two-month schedule and promised Kurenai, Rin, Shizune, and the others they would watch the Tailed Beasts fight once the arena was complete.

• Rin hurriedly stopped Yuu from renovating their new home because she worried about the expense and his wine cellar.
• Yuu called the cost of further renovations pocket change and refused to treat it as a concern.
• Tsunade told Yuu that the Tailed Beast Arena would take another two months to complete because it needed to withstand Tailed Beast battles.
• Yuu threatened to chop down Danzo over the delay, then accepted Tsunade's explanation that construction was already moving as fast as possible.
• Yuu told Kurenai, Rin, Shizune, and the others that they could watch Tailed Beast battles when the arena was finished.

Yuu relaxed in a hot spring with Tsunade and Rin while discussing the Tailed Beasts and the arena he had built. After learning Minato was preparing to ask for help with the Nine-Tails, Yuu decided to kill it the next day and put it in the arena.

• Tsunade asked Yuu what he planned to do about the Three-Tails, Six-Tails, and Seven-Tails, which were still outside Konoha, and Yuu said there was no rush to gather them.
• Tsunade told Yuu that Minato wanted his help with the Nine-Tails and was gathering wild game as a gift before approaching him.
• Yuu decided to kill the Nine-Tails the next day and use it in the Tailed Beast Arena.
• Rin chatted with Yuu in the hot spring.

Yuu peacefully fell asleep after a hot spring bath, while Minato returned to Konoha exhausted from hunting rare game to repay Yuu and ask for help with the Nine-Tails. Yuu arrived at Minato and Kushina’s home and overheard Kushina saying she did not need him to extract the Nine-Tails.

• Yuu dozed off in the hot spring, and Tsunade and the other women carried him back to their room.
• Minato returned home battered and low on chakra, carrying two rare game animals for Yuu.
• Minato told Kushina he wanted to gather enough game before asking Yuu to separate the Nine-Tails from her.
• Yuu entered as Kushina began saying she did not need his help, then teased her about her cooking.
• Kushina hid behind Minato and backed down when Yuu threatened her.

Yuu arrived to bring Minato and Kushina with him, joking about disciplining Minato and threatening Kushina over her cooking. At Konoha’s temporary Tailed Beast holding site, Shukaku and the Eight-Tails stopped arguing when they heard someone approaching.

• Minato recovered enough to stand and asked Yuu why he had come.
• Yuu mocked Minato for neglecting his work and ordered him and Kushina to come along.
• Minato realized Yuu already knew what he had planned to discuss and gave a bitter smile.
• Yuu teased Kushina about her cooking, frightening her with a threat to hack her to pieces.
• Shukaku complained about waiting for the Tailed Beast Arena, and the Eight-Tails told him to quiet down.
• Footsteps interrupted their argument, and Shukaku and the Eight-Tails sat up obediently.

Kushina transformed into the Nine-Tails among the other Tailed Beasts, who quickly restrained him before his chakra could damage their surroundings. The Nine-Tails remained pinned down and furious as the five beasts held him.

• Kushina saw the five Tailed Beasts and transformed into the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails recognized Shukaku, the Two-Tails, the Four-Tails, the Five-Tails, and the Eight-Tails, and demanded to know why they were together.
• The Eight-Tails grabbed the Nine-Tails’ claws, and the other Tailed Beasts pinned him down to prevent him from damaging the place.
• Shukaku bit the Nine-Tails’ hind leg, provoking him to lash out with his tails.
• The five Tailed Beasts continued suppressing the Nine-Tails, who could not break free.

The Nine-Tails emerged from its seal confused and fought with Shukaku before Yuu arrived and frightened the tailed beasts into submission. The Nine-Tails was left wondering who Yuu was as he struck Shukaku for trying to shift blame.

• The Nine-Tails demanded to know why Kushina had released its seal and why the other tailed beasts were there.
• Shukaku questioned why the Nine-Tails had not been chopped up, and the Nine-Tails knocked him away with its tail.
• Yuu arrived, causing Shukaku, the Eight-Tails, and the others to tremble and sit down in fear.
• The Nine-Tails cautiously challenged Yuu, who called it a lively little fox.
• Shukaku blamed the damage on the Nine-Tails, and Yuu struck him with Shusui's scabbard for lying.
• The Nine-Tails stared at the terrified tailed beasts and wondered who Yuu was.

Yuu continued to terrify Shukaku and the Eight-Tails as the Nine-Tails assessed him and decided to fight. The Eight-Tails tried to stop the Nine-Tails from provoking Yuu, leaving the beasts facing a looming confrontation.

• Yuu whipped Shukaku while the Eight-Tails, Two-Tails, Four-Tails, and Five-Tails sat nearby in fear.
• The Nine-Tails examined Yuu, ruled out the Sharingan and Wood Release, and grew confident enough to attack.
• The Nine-Tails unleashed its chakra and ordered the other Tailed Beasts to join it in killing Yuu.
• The Eight-Tails warned the Nine-Tails not to provoke Yuu and apologized for its behavior.
• The Nine-Tails angrily insulted the Eight-Tails, while the other beasts feared Yuu's reaction.

Saiki Yuu faced the Nine-Tails after the other tailed beasts withdrew, and the Nine-Tails attacked him with its full strength. It ended with Yuu pinning the Nine-Tails to the ground with his black-purple Black Blade.

• The Eight-Tails defended the Nine-Tails’ intelligence, but the Nine-Tails roared at it instead of accepting its help.
• Yuu ordered Shukaku, the Eight-Tails, and the other tailed beasts to move aside, and they quickly obeyed.
• The Nine-Tails declared it could escape alone and unleashed a tide of Tailed Beast chakra at Yuu.
• Shukaku, the Five-Tails, and the Eight-Tails watched from a distance and argued over how long the Nine-Tails could last against Yuu.
• The Nine-Tails’ attack failed to dislodge Yuu’s Black Blade, which pinned its head to the ground.

Yuu fought the Nine-Tails and demonstrated a sword technique capable of cutting through its strongest Tailed Beast Bomb. The chapter ended as his black-purple slash continued toward the Nine-Tails.

• Yuu pinned the Nine-Tails down with Shusui and taunted it about making a fox-fur coat.
• The Nine-Tails fired a point-blank Tailed Beast Bomb, but Yuu escaped before it exploded.
• The Nine-Tails launched another Tailed Beast Bomb at Yuu, threatening to destroy much of Konoha.
• Yuu drank wine, focused on the sounds around him, and used One-Sword Style—Heart Slash to split the Tailed Beast Bomb in two.
• Yuu's slash continued as a condensed black-purple strike toward the Nine-Tails.

Saiki Yuu’s sword slash overwhelmed the Nine-Tails’ chakra and made the beast realize that Yuu could truly injure Tailed Beasts. The chapter left the Nine-Tails struggling against the attack while Yuu casually watched and drank wine.

• The Nine-Tails saw Saiki Yuu’s enormous slash consume the lingering Tailed Beast Bomb energy and charge toward it.
• The Nine-Tails poured its chakra into a direct counterattack, while the Eight-Tails, Shukaku, and the others watched in disbelief.
• Yuu’s sword pressure tore through the Nine-Tails’ chakra and caused it pain before the slash even hit its body.
• The Nine-Tails recalled the other Tailed Beasts’ fear of Yuu and realized his attack might damage their very foundation.
• The Nine-Tails looked toward Yuu and saw him holding his sword pose while drinking wine and watching the struggle.

The Nine-Tails attacked Saiki Yuu with overwhelming chakra, but the other Tailed Beasts realized Yuu had grown far stronger since their previous battle. The clash left them fearing just how powerful he had become.

• The Nine-Tails roared in anger and wrapped its claw in chakra before striking at Saiki Yuu’s slash.
• The Nine-Tails’ claw and Yuu’s black-purple sword pressure collided, shaking the earth and tearing open deep cracks.
• Shukaku felt the blast and recognized that the Nine-Tails was fighting with terrifying force.
• The Eight-Tails noticed that Yuu had become stronger and was already forcing the Nine-Tails to struggle without using Six Paths Power.
• The Four-Tails and Five-Tails reacted with fear as they remembered their past encounters with Yuu.

Saiki Yuu tested Nine-Tails in battle, and Nine-Tails destroyed his opening slash at the cost of nearly all his chakra. Yuu declared that he would make Nine-Tails the star attraction of his Tailed Beast Arena, then prepared to unleash another attack.

• Five-Tails and Shukaku recalled how Saiki Yuu had nearly killed them before and resolved to work hard in the Tailed Beast Arena rather than risk another beating.
• Nine-Tails tore apart Yuu's first slash with his chakra and became exhausted.
• Nine-Tails boasted to Yuu about his strength despite having little chakra left.
• Yuu praised Nine-Tails as a future star attraction for the Tailed Beast Arena, angering him.
• Yuu raised Shusui and threatened to make Nine-Tails beg to join the arena as Nine-Tails tried to draw out more chakra.

Yuu used his newly mastered Great Swordsman skill and Armament Haki to unleash a devastating Shusui slash at the Nine-Tails. The Eight-Tails and the other Tailed Beasts watched in terror as the attack bore down on its target.

• Yuu coated Shusui in Armament Haki and infused it with his sword intent, wielding it as a true Great Swordsman.
• The Nine-Tails recoiled from the sword’s piercing ring, while the Eight-Tails and the other Tailed Beasts recognized the blade’s power to harm them.
• Yuu unleashed One-Sword Style—Shusui, creating a massive blackish-purple slash that fused crushing weight with savage sword pressure.
• The Nine-Tails faced the incoming slash, and the Eight-Tails’ tails began waving restlessly as it sensed the attack’s destructive force.

The Nine-Tails confronted Saiki Yuu’s black-purple slash, which threatened to kill it, and drained its chakra to strengthen its right claw. The chapter ended as the Nine-Tails’ claw collided with the slash, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Shukaku, the Eight-Tails, and the other Tailed Beasts sensed the slash’s danger and feared for the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails felt that losing to Saiki Yuu’s slash could mean its death, a danger unlike anything it had faced from Uchiha Madara or Hashirama Senju.
• The Nine-Tails extracted chakra at great cost, visibly withering its body as it prepared to fight back.
• The Nine-Tails concentrated its chakra into its right claw and slammed it into the black-purple slash.

Yuu's black-purple slash overwhelmed Nine-Tails, depleted its chakra, and buried it beneath a collapsed mountain. Eight-Tails and the others feared Nine-Tails was dead until Yuu appeared before them, leaving them trembling at his strength.

• Eight-Tails and Shukaku tried to defend themselves from the shockwaves as Yuu's slash tore through the battlefield.
• Nine-Tails' chakra was exhausted as the slash broke through its defenses and drove it into a mountain, which collapsed over its body.
• Eight-Tails, Shukaku, and the others searched for Nine-Tails' chakra but could not detect it and wondered if Yuu had killed it by mistake.
• Yuu appeared before the tailed beasts, and Shukaku, Eight-Tails, and the others lowered their bodies in fear.

Yuu ordered the other Tailed Beasts to dig Nine-Tails out of the rubble after nearly cutting it in half. He demanded that the badly wounded fox become the star of his Tailed Beast Arena, but Nine-Tails refused to submit.

• Yuu told Eight-Tails, Shukaku, and the others to retrieve Nine-Tails, saying it might still have one breath left.
• Eight-Tails, Shukaku, and the others rushed to clear the rubble, worried that Yuu might turn on them if they provoked him.
• They found Nine-Tails barely alive, with a deep Blade Mark that had nearly split its body in two.
• Yuu approached Nine-Tails with Shusui and wine, then asked if it would beg to become the star attraction of his Tailed Beast Arena.
• Nine-Tails regained a trace of strength, refused to become Yuu's slave, and insisted it would not submit even if he killed it.

Saiki Yuu punished Nine-Tails for refusing to submit by smashing his exposed Tailed Beast bone with Shusui. Nine-Tails screamed in unbearable pain as Eight-Tails, Shukaku, and the others watched in horror.

• Nine-Tails declared that he would rather die than submit to Saiki Yuu.
• Yuu coated Shusui in Armament Haki and struck Nine-Tails' exposed Tailed Beast bone.
• Yuu shattered part of Nine-Tails' bone, causing him to howl from overwhelming pain.
• Eight-Tails, Shukaku, and the others recoiled at Yuu's brutality and Nine-Tails' agony.