Chapter Summaries

The Grand Martial Tournament drew fighters and factions from across the shinobi world, with many seeking rewards, titles, or political leverage. As they traveled toward the Land of Fire, Moryo also set its sights on the Dragon Vein Crystal and Kagami Uchiha.

• Mifune agreed to send powerful samurai from the Land of Iron to compete because Kagami Uchiha's power had forced the nation to abandon neutrality.
• Moryo withdrew its terracotta soldiers and empowered Yomi to claim a tournament spot and obtain the Dragon Vein Crystal so it could devour the Priestess.
• Takigakure sought to reclaim its captured Seven Tails Jinchuriki, while Star Ninja Village entered hoping to earn an official Star Shadow title.
• Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Orochimaru prepared to leave the Land of Wind; Orochimaru warned Tagorihime to revoke his Ryūchi Cave succession before she challenged Kagami Uchiha.
• Ōnoki, A, Rasa, and Karatachi Yagura led the exhausted Four Nations Alliance toward the Land of Fire to compete for the titles stripped from them.
• Pain's Akatsuki split into competing teams seeking rewards, while Obito stayed behind and rogue shinobi, monsters, and demons from smaller lands began traveling toward the Land of Fire.

Ōnoki and the other leaders arrived in prosperous Konoha and confronted how far the Land of Fire had surpassed their nations. As Akatsuki and Mifune also gathered, the growing assembly hinted at a major conflict ahead.

• Ōnoki marveled at Konoha’s modern roads, railways, buildings, and confident residents, then resolved not to surrender Iwagakure.
• A asked Ōnoki whether the alliance still had a chance, and Ōnoki insisted he would die as an Iwagakure ninja rather than submit.
• Karatachi Yagura announced he planned to withdraw from the alliance and return to the Land of Water, alarming Rasa about Sunagakure’s future.
• Pain led Akatsuki past the gathered leaders, and Ōnoki recognized his Rinnegan as possessing terrifying power.
• Mifune introduced himself to the leaders, and Ōnoki realized that even the neutral Land of Iron had come.

Kagami Uchiha had Hashirama Senju record his secret Wood Release techniques and outlined the tournament plans, while Minato raised concerns about the young participants and the rules. The discussion ended when news arrived that an attacker had stolen one of Uchiha Tetsu’s eyes, prompting Kagami to respond.

• Hashirama Senju asked Kagami Uchiha to rule the Shinobi World, but Kagami instead demanded that Hashirama write down his secret Wood Release techniques.
• Hashirama Senju recorded his Wood Release techniques and asked about the tournament, and Kagami Uchiha described its elimination rounds in the Death Forest.
• Minato questioned Kagami Uchiha about placing Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, Hinata, and Neji on one team, but Kagami said he would save them if needed and ordered Minato and Sakumo to maintain security.
• A shinobi reported that someone had attacked Uchiha Tetsu and stolen one of his eyes, and Jiraiya pursued the suspected Swift Release user.
• Kagami Uchiha blasted open the Hokage Office door and reacted to the report with interest.

Hiruko stole a Sharingan and fled Konoha, hoping to complete his Chimera Technique with a fifth Kekkei Genkai. Kagami Uchiha intercepted him and captured him alive, promising him a worse fate than a quick death.

• Hiruko stole a Sharingan from an Uchiha clansman and escaped Konoha using Swift Release.
• Jiraiya fought Hiruko’s fused Summoning Beasts, but Minato Namikaze and Shisui arrived and told him Kagami knew about the theft.
• Kagami Uchiha’s immense slash appeared in the sky, freezing Hiruko with fear before it broke apart just short of him.
• Kagami confronted Hiruko and said a Sharingan thief did not deserve a quick death.
• Kagami pierced Hiruko’s cheek with a Black Rod and dragged him back toward Konoha.

Kagami Uchiha publicly punished Hiruko and warned the assembled shinobi that anyone who stole the Sharingan would bring destruction upon their nation. After the crowd stayed silent, he killed the nations’ daimyos and added the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Water to the Shinobi World Martial Performance’s rewards.

• Kagami Uchiha showed the crowd Hiruko and Shimura Danzō’s remains, then condemned Hiruko for devouring Kekkei Genkai shinobi and bound him beside Danzō.
• Kagami Uchiha declared that anyone outside the Uchiha Clan who stole a Sharingan would make their nation his enemy, and dared the crowd to challenge him.
• The assembled shinobi and Ryūchi Cave Snake Princesses stayed silent, fearing Kagami Uchiha’s power.
• Kagami Uchiha called the gathering peaceful and said the competition would distribute resources and reduce needless sacrifices.
• Kagami Uchiha killed the nations’ daimyos in clouds of blood mist and added the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Water to the final rewards.
• Tobirama Senju silently acknowledged Kagami Uchiha’s sharpness and overbearing nature.

Kagami Uchiha planned the tournament’s opening spectacle and arranged for Minato to become the Nine-Tails’ new host so Kushina could be freed from the seal. The chapter ended with Jiraiya introducing a mirage battle between the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and Mahoraga above Konoha.

• Kagami Uchiha asked the Three Snake Princesses to create a mirage and told Kushina to release the Nine-Tails.
• Kagami Uchiha explained that Minato would become the Nine-Tails’ new host, and Minato agreed so Kushina could be freed.
• Kushina spoke with the Nine-Tails inside the Seal space, said goodbye, and chose to trust Kagami and Minato.
• Jiraiya announced the opening ceremony performance as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox versus Mahoraga.
• A mirage appeared above Konoha, where the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and Mahoraga emerged and collided.

Kagami Uchiha controlled the Nine-Tails against Mahoraga while rescuing Kushina, and Jiraiya reunited with Nagato and Konan to propose rebuilding the Frog Squad. Nagato acknowledged that Jiraiya had changed as Jiraiya asked them to help Kakashi meet Obito.

• Sukuna and Kagami Uchiha discussed the Nine-Tails’ power and Kagami promised Sukuna one chance to leave the Seal after Isshiki was fully digested.
• Kagami Uchiha controlled the Nine-Tails as it fought Mahoraga, gradually increasing its attacks while his clone sealed chakra into Kushina to keep her alive.
• Minato held Kushina as she recovered, while Kagami Uchiha’s clones maintained the Planar Red Yang Barrier over Konoha.
• Hashirama watched the battle and marveled at Kagami Uchiha’s chakra, while Pain, Nagato, and Konan observed from a water tower.
• Jiraiya approached Nagato and Konan, apologized for failing them, and asked to form a team so Obito could meet Kakashi and they could rebuild the Frog Squad.
• Nagato told Jiraiya that he had changed, and Jiraiya said he was now doing what he wanted.

Kagami Uchiha found no trace of Baryon Mode, ended the battle, and transferred the Nine-Tails into Minato Namikaze while explaining that its name was Kurama. As the nations’ leaders considered alliances for the coming martial demonstration, Moryo approached Rasa and declared his ambition to rival Kagami Uchiha.

• Kagami Uchiha confirmed that Mahoraga could adapt to ordinary attacks but not Black Slash, then bound the Nine-Tails with sealing chains.
• Kagami Uchiha compressed the Nine-Tails and transferred its chakra into Minato Namikaze, telling him that a perfect Jinchuriki could draw out Kurama’s true power.
• Kakuzu and Sasori discussed the bounty on Kagami Uchiha and considered finding allies for their two-billion-ryo job.
• Ōnoki, Karatachi Yagura, Killer B, and Rasa weighed the dangers and rewards of the martial demonstration as the Four Nations Alliance weakened.
• Rasa led the Sunagakure group away to seek allies, but Moryo confronted them and offered to take them as subordinates.

Moryo and Sunagakure agreed to cooperate in the Martial Performance, each planning to betray the other once it suited them. As shinobi formed alliances, Kagami prepared Shisui for a trial: protecting Ryuzetsu and making his name known.

• Moryo persuaded Rasa to cooperate, offering Sunagakure the Land of Water while claiming the Dragon Vein Crystal for himself; Rasa secretly planned to betray him.
• Chiyo noticed a miniature puppet spying on the meeting but kept quiet, while Sasori and Kakuzu watched its silent recording and decided to approach the Land of Water with evidence of the alliance.
• Shinobi across the world spent the night forming teams and alliances after recognizing how powerful their potential rivals were.
• Kakashi invited Shisui to join his team, but Shisui said his brother wanted him to compete with Ryuzetsu; Kagami listed Kakashi's other teammates as Guy, Asuma, Kurenai, Yamato, and Kabuto.
• Kakashi learned that Jiraiya had teamed up with Nagato and Konan, then Kagami told him to recruit his father, Sakumo, who also planned to compete.
• Kagami told Shisui that the Martial Performance was his trial and ordered him to protect Ryuzetsu and make his name known.

Kagami Uchiha registered teams for the Shinobi World Martial Performance and handed out favors and threats as he saw fit. With the first round set to begin in the Death Forest the next day, he strengthened Moryo and recruited Fuma Rei’s clan as assistants to the ninja cats.

• Kagami Uchiha registered Nagato’s Akatsuki team, gave Konan a scroll containing the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags Technique, and threw Jiraiya into a wall when he tried to get familiar.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi submitted the Fire roster and asked to return to the Pure Land, but Kagami Uchiha told him to compete for a chance to shorten Dan’s punishment.
• Ōnoki and A registered a combined Lightning Earth team, including Deidara, while Rasa’s Wind team also signed up with Moryo and Gaara.
• Kagami Uchiha pierced Moryo with a Black Rod, strengthened him, and told him to bring more power to the competition.
• Kagami Uchiha dismissed Fuma Rei from the competition and sent the Fuma Clan to work as assistants to the ninja cats.

Kagami Uchiha arranged the competition and reflected on his ambitions and Shisui’s future before traveling to Ryūchi Cave. He met the White Snake Sage and offered her a Dragon Vein Crystal in exchange for cooperation.

• Kagami Uchiha completed registration for the competition, which admitted 472 contestants while eliminating rogues and bandits.
• Kagami Uchiha considered Black Zetsu, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and his desire to eventually pursue a higher realm, explaining why he wanted Shisui to grow strong enough to protect himself.
• Kagami Uchiha summoned the slug and learned that the White Snake Sage had progressed further in her evolution than the other Sage Location leaders.
• After the slug reverse-summoned him, Kagami Uchiha arrived at Ryūchi Cave and discovered that the White Snake Sage’s greeting form was a chakra clone, while her true body was fused with the temple.
• Kagami Uchiha invited the White Snake Sage to cooperate with him and offered a Dragon Vein Crystal that could help her become a dragon.

Kagami Uchiha considered giving the White Snake Sage a Dragon Vein Crystal while Shisui worried that his brother might sacrifice Ryuzetsu to awaken his Mangekyo. Meanwhile, Naruto and his friends formed the Uzumaki Squad, chose Neji as captain, and fell asleep at Minato’s home.

• Kagami Uchiha explained that Dragon Vein Crystals could grant powerful, stable senjutsu and reflected on the strength of the White Snake Sage and Shisui.
• Shisui struggled to learn Yang Release and wondered how he could follow Kagami Uchiha’s plans without letting Ryuzetsu die for his sake.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Karin, Hinata, Neji, and Revolver argued over food and chose Neji as captain of the Uzumaki Squad.
• Minato returned home and found Kushina covering the sleeping children and Revolver with blankets.

Kagami Uchiha opened the Shinobi World Martial Performance with a massive fire technique and sealed the Death Forest inside a barrier. As the three-day second round began, Minato reflected on his trust in Kagami and his hope of one day freeing Kurama.

• Kagami Uchiha unleashed a vast sea of fire that formed an enormous dragon above Konoha, astonishing the gathered shinobi.
• Minato Namikaze spoke with Kurama in his sealing space, promised to protect him from those who coveted him, and hoped they might someday understand each other.
• Ōnoki watched Kagami's display and recalled how the young Uchiha had risked everything to grow stronger, while Deidara excitedly asked to add Fire Release to Explosion Release.
• Kagami Uchiha raised the Flame Flow: Four Red Yang Formation around the Death Forest and announced that the second round would last three days with no more than ninety contestants advancing.
• Kagami Uchiha declared the Shinobi World Martial Performance begun.

Hatake Sakumo led Dog Fang into Death Forest and urged the team to avoid Akatsuki while targeting other villages. As Kagami Uchiha and Hashirama Senju watched the competition and made a bet, Hoshigakure and Kirigakure’s teams met, and Kimimaro stepped forward despite Mei Terumi’s objections.

• Hatake Sakumo warned Dog Fang that the competition could be fatal, then advised them to avoid Akatsuki and protect one another.
• Teams entered Death Forest as the tournament began, while Kagami Uchiha and Hashirama Senju watched from above and wagered on the first battle.
• The Hoshigakure team encountered Kirigakure, and the Third Hoshikage proposed that both sides withdraw rather than fight.
• Kakuzu mocked Hoshigakure, while Karatachi Yagura’s team prepared to respond.
• Mei Terumi tried to stop the ill Kimimaro from fighting, but he shrugged her off and offered to clear away Hoshigakure’s fighters.

Kagami Uchiha’s disciples fought Takigakure shinobi in the Death Forest while Kimimaro’s failing body worried his companions. The chapter ended with Naruto attacking Takigakure’s leader with a Rasengan.

• Kagami Uchiha calmly declared victory after a fight that Hashirama Senju said had ended in ten minutes.
• Kimimaro collapsed after using his Kekkei Genkai, and Sasori offered to treat him by turning him into a Human Puppet, but Karatachi Yagura rejected the idea.
• Kakuzu considered seeking the Yin-Yang Release Secret Technique to grow stronger and eyed the Land of Water group with thoughts of taking both their money and reward.
• Neji led Naruto, Sasuke, Karin, Hinata, and Revolver into a clash with Takigakure shinobi, ordering Karin and Naruto to lead the attack.
• Naruto’s Shadow Clones and Karin’s Adamantine Chain overwhelmed several opponents, Hinata struck another into a tree, and Sasuke and Neji used arrows to pin Suiyan.
• Naruto charged Takigakure’s leader with a Rasengan and said they would talk after beating him.

Naruto’s group defeated Takigakure’s ninja and learned they had entered the competition to rescue Fuu, their captured companion. Naruto offered them a way out in exchange for their Hero Water, but Revolver demanded the treasure and told them to leave, leaving Fuu’s fate unresolved.

• Naruto defeated the Takigakure leader with a Rasengan, and his Adamantine Chains and companions subdued the rest of the group.
• The Takigakure leader explained that they had entered the competition hoping to trade Hero Water for Fuu, whom the Uchiha had captured.
• Sasuke prepared to kill the prisoners, but Naruto stopped him and proposed taking their Hero Water before sending them out.
• Naruto revealed that Minato’s special talismans could transport the Takigakure ninja beyond the barrier.
• The Takigakure leader recognized Revolver and asked him to help return Fuu, but Revolver demanded their Hero Water and ordered them to leave.

Jiraiya's team confronted Tobirama Senju's group, but Nagato rejected Tobirama's proposal to cooperate and clashed with him over the Uzumaki Clan and the ninja world's suffering. The confrontation escalated into a battle as Jiraiya and Orochimaru summoned their allies, while Tobirama revived the Gold and Silver Brothers and declared his opposition to Nagato's ideals.

• Jiraiya clarified to Orochimaru that he had joined Frog Squad again to repay Nagato and his companions, not to seek the Child of Prophecy.
• Tobirama Senju used the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and proposed that Nagato's group help kill high-ranking ninjas from the Four Great Nations.
• Nagato accused Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tobirama Senju of betraying the Uzumaki Clan, broke the darkness with a repulsive force, and attacked Tobirama.
• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to counter Nagato's attraction, then summoned the Gold and Silver Brothers and took control of them.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya summoned their allies as Jiraiya retreated to enter Sage Mode, while Konan and Yahiko attacked Tobirama's side.

Tobirama Senju and Orochimaru confronted Nagato’s Akatsuki group in the Death Forest, where Kinkaku and Ginkaku revealed their Nine-Tails chakra. As Orochimaru entered Sage Mode, Jiraiya launched a Sage Art attack, leaving the battle underway.

• Tobirama Senju used Water Release against Nagato’s group while Jiraiya prepared a technique with the sages.
• Nagato’s Asura Path blasted Kinkaku and Ginkaku apart, and the Human Path tried to extract their souls.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku erupted in Nine-Tails chakra, astonishing Nagato and Jiraiya.
• Sage Fukasaku explained that the brothers had gained Nine-Tails chakra by devouring the beast’s flesh and blood, and Nagato decided to seize them.
• Orochimaru entered Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode and joined Tobirama Senju against Jiraiya’s group.
• Jiraiya completed Sage Art: Goemon, sending a scorching tide of oil, wind, and fire toward Orochimaru.

Orochimaru, Tobirama, and Hiruzen battled the Akatsuki with powerful techniques while Ōnoki briefed A and Killer B on the dangers posed by the reincarnated Hokage. Uchiha Shisui confronted A over Kumogakure’s past actions, then struck at him to prove himself worthy of his older brother’s expectations.

• Orochimaru used Sage Art: White Rage Technique to blind and disorient his opponents, allowing Tobirama to cut down a bizarre bird with a water jet.
• Hiruzen used shadow clones to combine all five basic nature transformations into a massive explosion.
• Ōnoki warned A and Killer B about Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God Technique, water release, and exploding-tag tactics, and described Hiruzen and Orochimaru as dangerous opponents.
• Shisui appeared before Ōnoki, A, and Killer B, and A challenged him for relying on his older brother’s protection.
• Shisui defended his privilege and condemned Kumogakure’s history of coercion, then used the Body Flicker Technique to slash at A with a blade wreathed in black and red flames.

Uchiha Shisui battled A, using Severance Release and taunts to exploit A’s resentment toward the Uchiha. After Shisui nearly defeated him, Killer B intervened, and Shisui escaped with Flying Thunder God, declaring their score one to zero.

• Shisui and A fought at high speed, with Shisui’s black-red slashes gradually cutting through A’s defenses.
• A spoke of the scars Kagami Uchiha had given him, and Shisui mocked his grudge and challenged his claims of revenge.
• Shisui’s taunts drove A into a reckless attack, and Shisui caught him with a genjutsu cast through his blade’s reflection.
• Shisui slashed at A’s neck, but Killer B knocked the attack aside and joined the surrounding ninjas.
• Shisui used Flying Thunder God to escape, then called himself Uchiha Shisui, A’s new nightmare.