Chapter Summaries

Chen revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and its abilities to Mikoto, then explained the conspiracy behind the coming conflict and why he needed to retrieve Himeji’s Byakugan from the Hidden Mist Village. Mikoto believed him and asked him to return safely.

• Chen showed Mikoto his Mangekyo Sharingan and used a Genjutsu Space to explain how he survived White Zetsu’s Explosive Tags.
• Chen described the powers and limits of his two Magatsu-Kami techniques and suspected Uchiha Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and attacked him.
• Chen told Mikoto the history of the Divine Tree, Kaguya, and Madara’s conspiracy, while withholding how he knew these events.
• Chen explained that he needed Himeji’s Byakugan to obtain the Tenseigan, help defeat Kaguya, and pursue his plan for peace.
• Mikoto accepted Chen’s explanation and asked him to return early.

Chen quietly left the Land of Waves with Big White to infiltrate the Hidden Mist Village, retrieve Himeji's Byakugan, and attack the village, believing its shortage of elite fighters gave him an opening. Meanwhile, young Mei Terumi celebrated her birthday with Aduo until an explosion struck the village, and Aduo rushed her toward safety.

• Chen left the Land of Waves with Big White and planned to exploit the Hidden Mist Village's lack of top-tier fighters.
• Mei Terumi walked through the village with her bodyguard Aduo, upset that her father had forgotten her birthday and that a classmate had mocked her.
• Mei Terumi complained about her father and joked with Aduo about the war and Aduo's lack of a boyfriend.
• Mei Terumi and Aduo celebrated her birthday at a barbecue restaurant when a tremendous boom shook the village.
• Aduo suspected an enemy attack and used Body Flicker to take Mei Terumi toward their clan compound for safety.

Fugaku learned that Chen had invaded the Hidden Mist Village while he was at a lake tracking the Three-Tails, and ordered the village to protect the Six-Tails Jinchuriki. Chen was discovered as soon as he entered the village and sent clones to pursue separate objectives while he prepared to attack the Mizukage Building.

• White Zetsu told Fugaku that Chen had appeared in the Hidden Mist Village, and Fugaku ordered the Six-Tails Jinchuriki moved and the village ninja mobilized.
• A Mist Ninja spotted Chen after he emerged from a Summoning Snake and fired a Signal Flare.
• Chen used Body Flicker to kick the Mist Ninja away and surveyed the Hidden Mist Village.
• Chen made five Shadow Clones and assigned them to retrieve Himeji's Byakugan, find the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and draw Mist Ninja toward the Mizukage Building.
• Chen planned to act as a decoy and launch the final attack at the Mizukage Building.

Chen invaded Kirigakure and defeated Hozuki Eigetsu, while Manda rampaged through the village. After Eigetsu’s subordinates charged to avenge him, Chen attacked them with fire and seized the captain’s broadsword.

• Chen evaded Hozuki Eigetsu’s Water Release attacks and battered him with a series of kicks.
• Hozuki Eigetsu recognized Chen as Konoha Lightning and ordered the Chunin and Genin to flee and warn the village.
• Manda appeared and began destroying buildings, forcing Kirigakure’s residents to run for their lives.
• Hozuki Eigetsu attacked Chen with a giant broadsword and the Great Water Arm Technique, but Chen stopped the blade and paralyzed him with Chidori Stream.
• Hozuki Eigetsu’s subordinates charged Chen to avenge their captain, and Chen counterattacked with Fire Release and seized the broadsword.

Chen used the mist and his clones and summoned snakes to disrupt Kirigakure before confronting a large force near the Mizukage Building. He trapped and killed over a hundred Mist Ninja with Sage Art: Inorganic Reanimation, then recited a nonsensical rhyme as he surveyed the village.

• Chen used the mist to strike and retreat while his Shadow Clones and Big White's explosive snakes disrupted Kirigakure.
• Chen entered Sage Mode and let more than a hundred Mist Ninja surround him near the Mizukage Building.
• Chen raised a stone pillar and formed a barrier that enclosed the Mist Ninja.
• Chen used Sage Art: Inorganic Reanimation to turn the ground and buildings into stone spears that killed the trapped ninja.
• Chen emerged from behind a stone wall and recited a rhyme while looking over the mist-covered village.

Chen’s Shadow Clone confronted White Zetsu’s squad as it escorted the Six-Tails Jinchuriki through Kirigakure, then scattered the Mist Ninja with powerful techniques. White Zetsu escaped with the Jinchuriki, and Chen stopped to challenge two hidden figures.

• White Zetsu disguised as Nanmu led thirty Mist Ninja out of Kirigakure with the Six-Tails Jinchuriki during the village attack.
• Chen’s Shadow Clone appeared in their path and faced the escort squad.
• The Mist Ninja attacked with weapons and Elemental Release Techniques, but Chen blocked them with Rashomon and disrupted their formation with Earth Flow River.
• Chen released giant pythons carrying sealing scrolls, whose Super Great Ball Rasengan swept the enemy ninja aside.
• White Zetsu fled with the Six-Tails Jinchuriki while Chen prepared to pursue, then called for two hidden figures to reveal themselves.

Uchiha Chen pursued Aduo and Mei Terumi, defeating Aduo and capturing Mei Terumi after she attacked him. Mei Terumi was left hanging upside down, exhausted and afraid to resist.

• Mei Terumi spotted Chen and urged Aduo to capture him, but Aduo recognized him and fled with her.
• Chen chased them, and Aduo attacked him with Water Release and Lava Release.
• Chen countered with a lightning-enhanced Water Dragon Bullet and struck Aduo with a rising knee.
• Mei Terumi attacked Chen with a fireball containing Boil Release, but he appeared behind her and knocked her down.
• Chen dragged Mei Terumi up by one leg and left her hanging upside down, while her chakra was exhausted and she feared resisting.

Chen fought Aduo while holding the young Mei Terumi, then vanished after a double Tailed Beast Bomb struck his Rashomon. His other Shadow Clone faced the Six-Tails Jinchuriki in Sage Mode and launched a Chidori Sharp Spear infused with Amaterasu.

• Chen suppressed Mei Terumi and fought off Aduo's attacks, knocking her into a tree.
• The Six-Tails Jinchuriki fired two Tailed Beast Bombs at Chen, and the second blast destroyed his Rashomon and dispelled his Shadow Clone.
• Before disappearing, Chen threw Mei Terumi toward Aduo as the blast hit.
• Chen's other Shadow Clone entered Sage Mode and prepared to wound the partially transformed Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Chen infused a Chidori Sharp Spear with Amaterasu and hurled it at the Jinchuriki as Sage Art: Blaze Release: Jet Black Burst Arc Arrow Zero.

Chen attacked the Six-Tails Jinchuriki with Chidori Sharp Spears infused with Amaterasu, triggering Saiken’s complete transformation. As Saiken unleashed acid and attacked, Chen cut off one of its tails, sealed it in a Scroll, and fled as the enraged Tailed Beast prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb.

• Chen struck the Six-Tails Jinchuriki with a barrage of Chidori Sharp Spears wreathed in Amaterasu, burning and piercing him.
• White Zetsu abandoned the battlefield and sank underground to report the failed attack to Fugaku.
• The injured Jinchuriki underwent complete Tailed Beast Transformation, revealing the slug-like Six-Tails Saiken.
• Saiken sprayed corrosive acid, and Chen discovered it made the Amaterasu flames flare higher.
• Chen dodged Saiken’s attacks, sliced off one of its tails with a Chidori Sharp Spear, and sealed the tail in a Scroll.
• Saiken became enraged and prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb, so Chen put away the Scroll and ran.

Ao awaited a Byakugan transplant in Hidden Mist Village as Konoha Lightning attacked, but Chen stormed the hospital and took the Byakugan. The chapter ended with Chen killing Ao.

• Ao waited in a sealed room for a Byakugan transplant and feared the explosions outside meant Konoha was attacking Hidden Mist Village.
• Fuji led Ao and Tamura toward an emergency passage, where Chen appeared and attacked the Mist Ninja guarding the corridor.
• Chen killed the Anbu and controlled Fuji into handing over the Byakugan, then snapped Fuji's neck.
• Chen found the badly wounded Ao beneath another corpse and killed him by breaking his neck.

Chen obtained the Byakugan and headed to the Mizukage Building, where he waited for the Hidden Mist Village’s forces to gather. Hozuki Takigetsu used the crisis to build support for becoming the Fifth Mizukage, then ordered hundreds of Mist Ninja to attack Chen with long-range Ninjutsu.

• After completing his objective, Chen advanced toward the Mizukage Building while five Shadow Clones prepared to lure the Mist Ninja to him.
• Hozuki Takigetsu waited for Kirigakure’s forces to gather, intending to surround Chen and wear him down.
• Hozuki Takigetsu condemned Chen before the gathered Mist Ninja and seized the chance to present himself as the village’s leader while Yagura was absent.
• Chen revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and invited the Mist Ninja to attack him.
• Hozuki Takigetsu ordered the Mist Ninja to avoid close combat and unleash long-range Ninjutsu, and hundreds attacked Chen at once.

Chen used Magatsu-Kami to kill hundreds of Mist Ninja, then defended himself with Susanoo and Rashomon before killing Hozuki Takigetsu and escaping to Ryūchi Cave. With the mission accomplished, he decided to return to Konoha before heading to another war zone.

• Chen activated Magatsu-Kami against the Mist Ninja’s combined Ninjutsu, causing more than three hundred attackers to collapse and die, though the technique’s limits strained his eye.
• Chen used Susanoo and Triple Rashomon to block the Ninjutsu that Magatsu-Kami could not counter, leaving him unable to use his ocular techniques again for a time.
• Hozuki Takigetsu tried to kill the weakened Chen, but Chen trapped him in Genjutsu and beheaded him with a Kunai.
• Chen used Reverse Summoning Jutsu to escape to Ryūchi Cave, then chose to return to Konoha.

Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Morgans an interview about the war and Uchiha Chen’s attack on Hidden Mist Village, warning that Chen could visit again if the Fourth Mizukage refused to negotiate. After learning of Kirigakure’s destruction, Ōnoki recalled his own traumatic encounter with Uchiha Madara and ordered Roshi recalled.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Morgans that Konoha expected to win the war and that Uchiha Chen could confront the Fourth Mizukage if he persisted.
• An Anbu ninja interrupted Morgans’s attempt to learn where Chen was, and Hiruzen warned Morgans that the question involved military secrets.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen defended Konoha’s actions in the war, declared that Konoha would not fear war, and called for Ninja World Nuclear Peace.
• Ōnoki and Iwagakure’s leaders reviewed the report of Hidden Mist Village’s destruction, while Ōnoki recalled how Uchiha Madara had once shattered his confidence.
• Ōnoki ordered the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, to return at once.

After Uchiha Chen’s attack on Kirigakure, Ōnoki and the Third Kazekage strengthened their villages’ defenses and recalled troops from the fronts. Danzo, eager to become Hokage, decided to pursue the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan and coveted Chen’s eyes.

• Ōnoki ordered Roshi back to Hidden Stone Village and recalled troops from the Land of Waterfall to protect the village.
• The Third Kazekage recalled a quarter of Sunagakure’s ninja because the village was left vulnerable without Shukaku and most of its forces were on the front lines.
• Danzo reflected on his repeated defeats by the Third Raikage and remained on the battlefield because he hoped military achievements would help him become the next Hokage.
• A Root member gave Danzo a report on the battle in Kirigakure, and Danzo concluded that Chen’s Mangekyo Sharingan explained his power.
• Danzo decided to transplant the Mangekyo Sharingan he possessed and coveted the eyes of Kagami’s son, Chen.

After Konoha Lightning devastated Hidden Mist Village, Yagura and the elders debated responsibility, reconstruction, and suing for peace, while Fugaku controlled Yagura and ordered the village to withdraw from the war. At the funeral for more than a thousand dead, Mei Terumi reflected on surviving the attack and the burden of living under its shadow.

• Yagura told the elders he had left to retrieve the Three-Tails, and Hozuki Ayatsuki blamed him for the destruction and demanded an explanation for his clan head's death.
• The elders discussed rebuilding Hidden Mist Village and asked when Yagura would send ninja to Konoha to seek a ceasefire.
• Fugaku, controlling Yagura, chose to sue for peace while planning to seal the Three-Tails inside Yagura and leave open the possibility of returning to the war later.
• Hidden Mist Village mourned the more than a thousand ninja and civilians killed in the attack at a mass funeral.
• Mei Terumi stood beside bandage-wrapped Aduo and wondered whether her survival had come from her enemy's pity, disdain, or mercy.

After the funeral, Mei Terumi spoke with Zabuza and Kisame about her defeat by Uchiha Chen and the future of Kirigakure. Zabuza proposed killing Yagura in a coup, while Kisame said he only wanted to survive.

• Mei Terumi left Aduo and met Zabuza and Kisame, who asked how she had survived an encounter with Konoha Lightning.
• Mei Terumi said Uchiha Chen had spared her and vowed to kill him someday.
• Zabuza mocked Mei Terumi's ambition and said he was dissatisfied with Yagura and the Bloody Mist policies.
• Zabuza proposed killing Yagura and launching a coup to save Kirigakure, but Mei Terumi worried that a coup would hurt the village.
• Kisame compared Kirigakure to a mother shark where its young killed one another and said he only wanted to survive.

Mei Terumi, Zabuza, and Kisame reflected on their ambitions after witnessing Konoha Lightning’s power, then discussed changing Hidden Mist Village and pursuing their goals. The chapter ended with Kisame leaving the others to wonder what he called a dead shark sinking into the ocean.

• Mei Terumi brooded over the battle and resolved that gaining power could let her protect what she cared about.
• Zabuza declared that he planned to force Hidden Mist Village to abolish its student-killing policy before eventually killing Yagura and staging a coup.
• Zabuza warned Mei Terumi that seeking revenge on Konoha Lightning could bring another war, while Mei Terumi suspected Zabuza of betraying the village.
• Kisame revealed that he wanted to reclaim Samehada, while Zabuza said he wanted Kubikiribocho and Mei Terumi reiterated her desire to kill Konoha Lightning.
• Mei Terumi described the Hidden Mist Spirit as a whale’s final gift to the sea, but Zabuza dismissed the idea as childish.
• Kisame began telling them about sharks that sank after death, then left without revealing the name he had for the event.

Chen read Jiraiya’s serialized novel to his companions, then left the idle Konoha base in the Land of Waves after a Jonin summoned him to Sakumo. Meanwhile, Chen’s fame as Konoha Lightning spread as the other great nations prepared for the war to continue despite the Hidden Mist Village’s withdrawal.

• Chen finished reading Jiraiya’s novel aloud, and the group complained that its serialization had stalled after only a quarter of the book was written.
• Chen revealed the novel’s ending: Naruto married a beautiful girl, but her family looked down on him and his brother became jealous.
• A Jonin arrived to tell Chen that Sakumo wanted to see him, so Chen set down the newspaper and left.
• Half a month passed as Konoha and the front lines held meetings after the sudden end of the fighting in the Land of Water.
• Chen became renowned as Konoha Lightning, while the Iwa-nin, Cloud Shinobi, and Sunagakure withdrew their fronts and watched Konoha’s forces.
• The three great nations showed no interest in peace, signaling that the Third Great Ninja War would continue despite the Hidden Mist Village’s withdrawal.

Chen learned that Konoha would send him and Sakumo to the Land of Rain after Hidden Mist Village began peace negotiations, while half their forces stayed behind to protect Konoha. Danzo responded to Hanzō’s decision to enter the war by ordering Root to strengthen the Akatsuki and have Ming control Yahiko.

• Rokuun told Chen that Hidden Mist Village had sent an envoy to seek peace and that Konoha’s troops would be redeployed.
• Sakumo informed Chen that their next destination was the Land of Rain, where Hanzō planned to fight Konoha without an allied force.
• Rokuun explained that half the shinobi would remain behind until the agreement with Hidden Mist Village was signed, and Sakumo said they would leave in three days.
• Danzo learned that Hanzō had abandoned his promise of neutrality and angrily ordered Root to supply the Akatsuki and have Ming take control of Yahiko.

Yahiko and Nagato defeated mercenaries sent to attack a village, then Yahiko persuaded them to promise not to return and explained Akatsuki’s commitment to peace. Back at Akatsuki’s base, Ida reported that an unknown sponsor wanted to meet Yahiko and that Hanzo was assembling forces to declare war on Konoha.

• Yahiko and Nagato fought Daibutsu and three other mercenaries, subdued them, and made them promise not to attack the village again.
• Yahiko told the mercenaries that Akatsuki sought peace through strength, communication, and understanding, then Nagato released them.
• Yahiko and Nagato returned to Akatsuki’s base, where members discussed their missions and Yahiko encouraged them to grow the organization.
• Ida told Yahiko that an unidentified ninja wanted to sponsor Akatsuki and planned to return in five days.
• Ida reported that Hanzo was gathering forces and appeared to be preparing to declare war on Konoha.