Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Chen helped Nawaki and the others defeat a Sand shinobi attack, forcing the two surviving Puppet Masters to flee. He then recognized the rescued Jonin as Sarutobi Shinnosuke, who explained that he had spent years in Anbu after supporting a gambling troublemaker’s illegal organization.

• Uchiha Chen killed Iwaki and drove the remaining Sand shinobi into retreat with a Wind Release technique that blew their poison back at them.
• The two Sand shinobi threw smoke bombs and other supplies to cover their escape, and Uchiha Chen chose not to pursue them.
• Uchiha Chen and Nawaki recognized the rescued Jonin as Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the Third Hokage’s son.
• Nawaki asked where Shinnosuke had been, and Shinnosuke said his father had assigned him to Anbu after he supported a troublemaker’s illegal gambling organization.

Uchiha Chen led Shinnosuke and their group through the battlefield, aiming to link up with scattered Konoha Jonin and reinforce the fighting. As his powerful attacks drew more Sunagakure ninja toward him, he prepared to face an expanding group of enemies.

• Shinnosuke urged Uchiha Chen to push deeper into the battlefield, and Chen planned to gather nearby Konoha Jonin and bring them into the fight.
• Uchiha Chen fought through the increased Sunagakure resistance, killing a Sunagakure Jonin with Wind Release.
• Two sand shinobi attacked Uchiha Chen with Wind Release, but he dodged their techniques using his Sharingan and targeted them with Lightning Release and Genjutsu.
• Uchiha Chen killed the sturdier sand shinobi, but another Sunagakure ninja intercepted his strike against the second enemy.
• Three more Sunagakure ninja arrived, and Uchiha Chen faced four enemies as additional sand shinobi rushed toward him.

Uchiha Chen fought through the Sand shinobi’s defensive line, killing several Jonin and destroying a beast-shaped Puppet. As more Konoha ninja gathered behind him, they broke through the line and advanced toward the main battlefield.

• Uchiha Chen killed a Sand Jonin with a punch, adding to the pressure on the surrounding Sand shinobi.
• Uchiha Chen smashed a beast-shaped Puppet and used Genjutsu to kill the Sand shinobi fighting him with Kunai, bringing his Jonin tally to eight.
• The remaining Puppet Master used his teammate as bait and attacked Uchiha Chen with Earth Release, but Uchiha Chen broke the earthen spear and killed him with Chidori, reaching nine kills.
• More Konoha ninja joined Uchiha Chen as he fought, forming a large force behind him.
• Uchiha Chen’s force smashed through the Sand shinobi and Iwa-nin defensive line and advanced toward the main battlefield.

Konoha's reinforcements arrived and shifted the battlefield's momentum, giving Uchiha Chen a new sense of belonging to the village. Meanwhile, Chiyo revealed Sunagakure's preparations and summoned the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets to face Hyuga Tenko.

• More than a hundred Konoha reinforcements arrived, lifting the village's fighters' morale as Uchiha Chen joined the battle.
• Uchiha Chen felt a growing sense of belonging to Konoha as he charged into the fighting.
• Hyuga Tenko taunted Chiyo about Konoha's reinforcements, but Chiyo dismissed his claim and warned that Sunagakure had prepared a trump card.
• Sunagakure Puppet Masters released poison gas, but Konoha's ninja used antidotes and continued fighting.
• Chiyo attacked Konoha's ninja with her Chakra Threads, and Hyuga Tenko intercepted her returning Kunai before they could strike them.
• Chiyo opened a Scroll and summoned ten white Puppets with the White Secret Technique: Chikamatsu Ten Puppets.

Hyuga Tenko fought Chiyo and her Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, then unleashed a dangerous Hyuga secret art to destroy her massive Wind Release attack and disable the puppets. The battle ended with Tenko victorious but badly injured, while a hidden black figure recognized his technique and vowed revenge against the Hyuga.

• Hyuga Tenko attacked Chiyo, but she deployed the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets and pressured him with coordinated weapons and mechanisms.
• Chiyo used three puppets to unleash Three Treasures Suction Destruction, creating a huge Wind Release vortex that threatened the battlefield.
• Hyuga Tenko resisted the storm with Rotation, then gathered its force into a sphere and unleashed Gentle Fist Art: False Divine Empty Attack.
• Hyuga Tenko destroyed the vortex and severely damaged the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, but his body and Byakugan suffered serious strain.
• A hidden black figure recognized Tenko's technique as related to his mother's Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, cursed the Hyuga, and sank underground.

Uchiha Chen fought through the battlefield while Mikoto and the others supported him, but a Sunagakure ninja trapped him with sand. The chapter ended as the sand tightened around him in a Desert Funeral.

• Uchiha Chen killed enemy ninjas with Genjutsu and Body Flicker while Minato watched and resolved to grow strong enough to fight beside him.
• Mikoto fought off several enemies with her Sharingan and Genjutsu while Nawaki gained the upper hand against an Iwagakure Chunin.
• Uchiha Chen smashed an Earth Release Rock Fist, pierced an Earth-Style Wall with Chidori, and fatally wounded a sand shinobi.
• A stream of sand blocked Chen's Kunai and surged toward him, so he used Hidden Shadow Snake Hands to pull Mikoto and the other Konoha ninjas clear.
• A Sunagakure ninja bound Uchiha Chen with sand and began the Desert Funeral.

Uchiha Chen recognized Rasa and fought him in the rain-soaked Land of Rain, where water initially weakened Rasa’s sand. Rasa countered by mixing in Gold Sand and trapped Chen in midair, leaving Chen’s next move uncertain.

• Uchiha Chen recognized the young Rasa and considered killing him before he could become the Fourth Kazekage.
• Rasa attacked Chen with sand, but Chen dodged and used Water Style to weaken Rasa’s sand in the rain.
• Rasa and Chen traded attacks, and Rasa’s Magnet Release deflected Chen’s thrown Kunai even while Rasa was caught in Genjutsu.
• Rasa released Gold Sand from a Scroll and mixed it with his sand to resist the rain and Chen’s Water Style.
• Rasa surrounded Chen with sand, caught his ankle, and bound him tightly, then sneered that Chen could not use Substitution Jutsu.

Uchiha Chen battled Rasa, who used his knowledge of Chen’s fighting style and Magnet Release to counter his Genjutsu and trap him with sand. Chen revealed a way around Rasa’s sand-based perception and struck at him with Chidori, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Rasa trapped Uchiha Chen in sand, but Chen escaped with Chidori and rushed in with Body Flicker and Genjutsu.
• Rasa feigned being caught by Genjutsu, then trapped Chen with Desert Funeral; Nawaki and Mikoto fought off enemies while Chen broke free with Chidori Stream.
• Rasa revealed that he sensed movement through sand and was immune to Chen’s Sharingan Genjutsu, then immobilized Chen again with sand and raised a Gold Sand spear.
• Chen used an airborne eye to cast Genjutsu: Dream Illusion Lock, freezing Rasa, and thrust Chidori toward his chest.

Uchiha Chen wounded Rasa after seeing through the secret of his Sand Eye, but Shukaku’s attack let Rasa escape. Shukaku rampaged across the battlefield, and Chen realized Sunagakure had unleashed it to devastate their enemies.

• Uchiha Chen used Genjutsu on Rasa’s Sand Eye and severed Rasa’s right arm with Chidori.
• Shukaku’s Drilling Air Bullets disrupted Uchiha Chen, allowing the injured Rasa to retreat with Sand Body Flicker.
• Uchiha Chen told Mikoto and Nawaki that Sunagakure had unleashed the One-Tail to attack Konoha, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain.
• Shukaku escaped the Yellow Springs Swamp by burying it in sand, then slammed its paw down among the surrounding ninja.

Shukaku rampaged across the battlefield, and Uchiha Chen joined Sarutobi Shinnosuke to stop it. After arranging for Enma to keep Shukaku from burrowing underground, Chen prepared to use a powerful Ninjutsu to shatter its body.

• Shukaku smashed through Shinnosuke’s Earth Style wall with sand sculptures, though the delay let Konoha’s ninjas escape.
• Chen charged through enemy fire to reach Shinnosuke, then explained that piercing Shukaku’s body with Lightning Release might end its rampage.
• Chen asked Shinnosuke to summon Enma and keep Shukaku above the sand while he prepared his Ninjutsu.
• Shinnosuke summoned Enma, who agreed to fight Shukaku and rushed to tie it down.

Uchiha Chen used Lightning Release: Kirin against Shukaku after Enma forced the tailed beast back to the surface. The attack engulfed Shukaku in a massive blast, leaving both sides staring at the destroyed battlefield.

• Enma fought Shukaku, dodging its sand attacks and enduring repeated blows before Shukaku buried him in a barrage of Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullets.
• Uchiha Chen climbed onto a tall earthen wall and formed a powerful lightning technique as Shinnosuke watched and wondered what he was holding back.
• Uchiha Chen summoned a lightning Kirin from the storm clouds, stunning the shinobi on both sides of the battlefield.
• Shukaku sensed the Kirin's danger and tried to sink beneath the sand, but Enma transformed into an iron staff and forced it back up.
• Chiyo ordered the sand shinobi to stop Uchiha Chen, but he sent the Kirin crashing into Shukaku, engulfing it in lightning and vaporizing everything within thirty meters.

Uchiha Chen’s Lightning Release shattered Shukaku’s body, leaving its Jinchuriki helpless and shifting the battlefield’s momentum toward Konoha. As the Sand shinobi rushed to recover Shukaku and target Chen, Hyuga Tenko ordered his forces to protect Chen at all costs.

• Uchiha Chen’s Lightning Release blasted Shukaku apart, though Shukaku survived and its Jinchuriki awakened beneath the sand.
• Chiyo ordered the Sand shinobi to recover Shukaku and kill Uchiha Chen, abandoning victory as their priority.
• The Sand shinobi charged toward Shukaku, exposing themselves and reversing the casualty exchange in Konoha’s favor.
• Hyuga Tenko mocked Chiyo and recognized that Chen’s attack had changed the battle’s prospects.
• Hyuga Tenko ordered his forces to protect Uchiha Chen at all costs.

Hyuga Tenko redirected Konoha’s Sealing Squad toward Shukaku, forcing Chiyo to abandon her attack on Uchiha Chen while Ebizo sealed Shukaku in a Chagama and fled. With the allied forces turning their attacks on Chen and Shinnosuke, they planned to escape with help from the approaching Hyuga Shinobi.

• Hyuga Tenko sent the Sealing Squad after Shukaku, and Ebizo warned Chiyo that Konoha was targeting the Tailed Beast.
• Chiyo ordered Ebizo to recover Shukaku while she led the Sand Shinobi to hold Konoha back.
• Ebizo and twelve Sand Shinobi sealed Shukaku into a Chagama, killing the Jinchuriki, and Ebizo carried it away from the battlefield.
• Konoha Ninja pursued Ebizo, while the remaining allied forces joined together and attacked Konoha more fiercely.
• Uchiha Chen told Shinnosuke they should escape and pointed out the approaching Hyuga Shinobi, then joked that the Hyuga Young Clan Head was his lackey.

Hanzō confronted Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya after they saw a powerful lightning attack in the distance, then fought them alongside his Salamander. The battle left the three Konoha ninjas facing Hanzō and his beast’s overwhelming strength.

• Hanzō questioned Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya about the source of the lightning, then argued with them over the Gold Mine mission and the war.
• Jiraiya attacked Hanzō with a Flame Bullet, but Hanzō split the flames with his scythe and quickly moved behind the three ninjas.
• Tsunade struck Hanzō’s scythe while Orochimaru and Jiraiya trapped him with Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu and Yellow Springs Swamp, but Hanzō blocked the shuriken with Flash.
• Hanzō summoned the Salamander, which broke the swamp and knocked Tsunade away as Jiraiya and Orochimaru protected her from Hanzō’s Water Release.
• The Salamander attacked the three with its tongue and tail, but Orochimaru and Jiraiya evaded and counterattacked with snake techniques and Earth Release.
• Hanzō used Flash to cut through Orochimaru’s Wind Blades, while the Salamander roared at the three Konoha ninjas.

Hanzō fought Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, using his speed, poison, and Salamander to overwhelm them despite their coordinated attacks. After trapping Jiraiya and Tsunade on a field of hidden Explosive Tags, he prepared to set them off.

• Hanzō dismissed the alliance and attacked Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade after they launched Fire Release techniques at him.
• Hanzō cut Jiraiya with his poisoned scythe, but Orochimaru restrained him while Tsunade treated Jiraiya's wound.
• Orochimaru struck Hanzō with toxic snakes, but Hanzō revealed that the Salamander's venom had made him immune to poison.
• Hanzō used the Salamander to distract Orochimaru, then attacked Jiraiya and Tsunade with Kunai, a Water Dragon, and Explosive Tags.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade blocked the attacks with Needle Hell, Fire Release, and Rock defenses, but Hanzō transformed the ground beneath them into Explosive Tags and activated them.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru survived Hanzō’s assault, and he chose to spare them after deciding Konoha had won the war. He named them the Konoha Sannin before leaving, and the three headed back to the battlefield.

• Jiraiya shielded Tsunade from Hanzō’s Explosive Tags with Needle Jizō, but suffered severe wounds and succumbed to the poison.
• Orochimaru broke through the Salamander’s blockade and reunited with Jiraiya and Tsunade as Hanzō demanded their surrender.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru refused to yield, while Hanzō weighed the risks of killing them and concluded Konoha had likely won the war.
• Hanzō let the three leave, declaring he would no longer join the Iwa-nin and sand shinobi or enter the battlefield.
• Hanzō dubbed them the Konoha Sannin and departed on the Salamander, and the three returned to the battlefield.

After Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru returned victorious from their battle with Hanzō, the Ame and Sand forces withdrew from the battlefield. Konoha then turned its full strength against the isolated Iwa-nin, and Orochimaru ordered their annihilation.

• Hanzō's black eagle delivered a retreat order, and the Ame Shinobi began withdrawing as Konoha feared the Sannin had lost.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru arrived atop their Summoning Beasts and announced that Konoha had won the war.
• Orochimaru's group let the Ame Shinobi leave, and Chiyo ordered the Sand Shinobi to retreat as well.
• Uchiha Chen explained to Nawaki that Konoha should focus on the Iwa-nin rather than pursue Sunagakure.
• Kimura asked to withdraw his Iwa-nin forces, but Jiraiya and Orochimaru refused to negotiate.
• Orochimaru ordered Konoha's forces to annihilate the Iwa-nin troops and leave none alive.

After the battle against the Iwa-nin, Uchiha Chen slept for a day and night while recovering in Konoha’s field hospital. When Mikoto told him that he had been hailed as “Konoha Lightning” and compared to the Sannin, Chen worried that the fame would make him a target.

• Orochimaru led the Konoha Ninja in defeating the Iwa-nin, while Shinnosuke stopped the exhausted Uchiha Chen from returning to the fight.
• Shinnosuke brought Chen to the field hospital, where Mikoto watched over him as he slept for a day and night.
• Mikoto told Chen that Nawaki had been injured by an Explosive Tag and was recovering in the hospital.
• Mikoto reported that the Demigod had named Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya the Konoha Sannin, while Hidden Sand Village had publicized Chen as Konoha Lightning.
• Chen feared that the praise comparing him to the Sannin would invite enemy assassins, though he recognized that his use of Kirin against Shukaku had fueled the rumors.

After the war in the Land of Rain ended in Konoha’s victory, Uchiha Chen returned to the Base and learned that Orochimaru had deliberately spread news of his accomplishments. Tsunade explained that Orochimaru thought highly of him, leaving Chen surprised and moved.

• Uchiha Chen left the hospital after Mikoto insisted he stay another day, while Nawaki remained behind to recover.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and the ninja units returned to Konoha’s Base, and the two-year war in the Land of Rain ended in victory.
• Uchiha Chen saw the Base celebrating and learned that shinobi regarded him as a hero known as Konoha Lightning.
• Tsunade called Uchiha Chen to her tent, asked about his health, and discussed his Kirin technique and its stormy-weather requirement.
• Tsunade told Uchiha Chen that Orochimaru had promoted his reputation instead of suppressing the stories about him because Orochimaru thought highly of him.

Uchiha Chen learned that Jiraiya had stayed in the Land of Rain to teach three orphans and asked him to look after Minato. He found Minato grieving his fallen teammates and questioning whether Konoha’s war was truly just, leaving Chen to comfort him as they faced the meaning of the conflict.

• Tsunade told Uchiha Chen that Jiraiya had stayed in the Land of Rain to care for three orphans and had asked Chen to watch over Minato.
• Uchiha Chen found Minato alone in a tree practicing Wind Release chakra nature transformation.
• Minato blamed himself for his teammates’ deaths, and Chen told him that war brought suffering and death to both sides.
• Minato questioned what the war was for and whether Konoha truly represented justice.