Chapter Summaries

Minato sent Boli G Lang to infiltrate Kyoto and gather intelligence as the Third Hokage and Konoha’s advisors arrived to meet the Daimyo. The Daimyo ordered Konoha to execute senior leaders of Summer Cicada and Autumn Fruit, leaving Hiruzen with one week to act while sparing Minato from the death order.

• Minato appeared in Kyoto and ordered Boli G Lang to infiltrate, eavesdrop, gather intelligence, and place Flying Thunder God Kunai within one day.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzo, and Akimichi Torifu arrived in Kyoto, where Nara Shikaku and Akimichi Torifu told them they could not learn Zha Wei General’s intentions.
• The Daimyo told Hiruzen, Danzo, and Torifu that Summer Cicada and Autumn Fruit threatened the one country, one village system by gaining control over shipping, seeds, and food supplies.
• The Daimyo issued a mission to execute the presidents and other senior personnel of Summer Cicada and Autumn Fruit, including leaders of their schools and research institutes.
• Hiruzen asked for one week to investigate and agreed to have Jiraiya discipline Minato, while the Daimyo instructed Konoha to preserve production equipment and said nobles would take over the guilds’ assets.

Nara Shikaku was forced by Shimura Danzo to design an urgent mission meant to draw Minato away while Konoha targeted Summer Cicada and Autumn Fruit. Minato left for the Land of Grass with a warning hidden in the mission scroll, while Danzo set out of the village and Shikaku hoped Minato would recognize the danger.

• Akimichi Torifu ordered Shikaku to return to Konoha with the Hokage and send Minato on an urgent mission involving Rōshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Root's Yi instructed Shikaku to create a mission that would lure Minato away and put Konoha squads in Rōshi's path, and Shikaku realized Danzo was forcing him to betray Minato and Summer Cicada.
• Shikaku wrote the mission scroll and secretly imitated Minato's handwriting to warn him before Danzo approved it and sent two ANBU to deliver it.
• Kushina used a Flying Thunder God formula to notify Minato, who was on the Summer Cicada Building rooftop with Shinmen discussing the company's hidden reserves.
• Minato received the S-Rank mission, gathered Yamanaka Haiichi, Akimichi Dōtō, Inuka Agito, and Yamaru, then transported them toward the Land of Grass.
• Shikaku watched Minato leave as Danzo departed the village, hoping Minato would notice the warning in the altered scroll.

Minato rushed into the Land of Grass with Kushina to rescue Konoha ninja and confront Rōshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, despite Akimichi Dōtō’s alarm at bringing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki out of the village. While a Shadow Clone led the mission team, the original Minato appeared atop Kyoto’s city wall, preparing to shock the Land of Fire with Summer Cicada.

• Minato dragged Akimichi Dōtō, Yamanaka Haiichi, Inuka Agito, and Yamaru across the border into the Land of Grass at high speed.
• Minato summoned a Shadow Clone to bring Kushina to the team and announced that she would join the mission to protect Konoha ninja and stop Rōshi.
• Akimichi Dōtō ordered Yamanaka Haiichi to alert the village that Minato had taken the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki out of Konoha, and Haiichi contacted the Third Hokage.
• Minato encouraged Kushina to gain combat experience and set off with her and the others to carry out the S-Rank Mission.
• Yamanaka Haiichi suspected that the Minato in the Land of Grass was only a Shadow Clone.
• The original Minato appeared atop Kyoto’s city wall and looked toward the daimyo’s Castle Keep, intending to give the Land of Fire a shock through Summer Cicada.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Hatake Sakumo and Senju Takeoto to retrieve Kushina from the Land of Grass, leaving no reinforcements for Kyoto. There, Shimura Danzo and the Daimyo launched an attack on Summer Cicada, but its Reinforcement Talismans protected the office building from the first explosion as the ANBU prepared a ninjutsu assault.

• Senju Takeoto defended Minato Namikaze's decision to let Kushina leave the village, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Takeoto and Hatake Sakumo to bring her back with three ninja squads.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that sending Sakumo and more than twenty jonin to the Land of Grass left him unable to send further support to Kyoto.
• The Daimyo and Shimura Danzo discussed destroying Summer Cicada's management sites and taking over its production facilities.
• ANBU sealed off the area around the Summer Cicada office building with a Four Violet Flames Formation and hurled more than two hundred Exploding Tag kunai at it.
• Minato and Shinmen saw the blast fail to damage the building's reinforced walls and windows, while bystanders were killed in the attack.
• The ANBU captain ordered the assembled ninja to use ninjutsu against the still-standing building.

Minato and Shinmen used Summer Cicada’s Multiplication Exploding Tags to devastate the ANBU assault and destroy much of the daimyo’s Castle Keep. The daimyo and Danzo survived, but Minato appeared behind them as the battle continued.

• Summer Cicada’s Multiplication Exploding Tag kunai detonated inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, killing the trapped ANBU ninja.
• Danzo ordered Ren to remove the formation and prepare an assault, but Minato’s Thousand Style killed Ren in midair.
• Minato threw a Ten Thousand Style kunai at the attic, and Danzo escaped with the daimyo as the blast engulfed the attic and surrounding buildings.
• Minato’s Shadow Clones hurled more Ten Thousand Style kunai, destroying much of the Castle Keep and killing many samurai and Guardian Ninja.
• Hyuga Shimizu reported that eight Guardian Ninja and Captain Chi Megumi had fallen, while Danzo spotted Minato behind them on the rear gate.

Minato used Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags to destroy the Daimyo’s Castle Keep, killing the Daimyo and Zha Wei General amid the blasts. As Minato waited for the smoke to clear, Danzo stabbed him from behind, leaving Minato pierced through the chest.

• Minato attacked the Daimyo and Danzo with explosive kunai, but Danzo used Wind Release to blow them off course.
• Minato’s explosions obliterated much of the Castle Keep, killing the Daimyo’s family and three Guardian Ninja as Danzo fled with the Daimyo and Hyuga Shimizu.
• Minato blocked the escape route and sent more explosive kunai at Danzo, whose Wind Release barely stopped them before the blasts consumed the remaining Castle Keep.
• Danzo threw Hyuga Shimizu aside and launched the Daimyo out of the Castle Keep, but the Daimyo landed outside with fatal injuries and died after pointing toward the castle.
• Minato’s explosive kunai engulfed Zha Wei General and his Guardian Ninja, then Danzo stabbed Minato through the chest from behind.

Minato killed Danzo by exhausting his Sharingan with repeated deep-sea attacks, then helped Summer Cicada destroy the Castle Keep and the Noble Residence district. After revealing his identity to Zha Wei General and killing him, Minato faced Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha shinobi, who arrived and ordered them to take him down.

• Danzo used Izanagi to survive Minato’s attacks, but Minato repeatedly sent him into the deep sea until his Sharingan were exhausted and he died beside Mitokado Homura.
• Minato returned to the Castle Keep and discovered that Zha Wei General had survived the explosive tags while Summer Cicada’s shinobi attacked the Noble Residence district.
• Minato told Zha Wei General that Summer Cicada aimed to eliminate the old nobility and explained that he had worn a mask to keep Konoha from being blamed.
• Minato killed Zha Wei General with a kunai as several hundred Konoha shinobi arrived at the ruined Castle Keep.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Konoha shinobi to take down Minato.

Minato revealed himself as the masked attacker and declared that he would overthrow the Land of Fire’s nobles and establish the Land of Summer, while insisting he had not betrayed Konoha. Hiruzen and Jiraiya did not stop him as the assault on the noble district continued, and the chapter ended with Hiruzen silently accepting that events had gone too far to reverse.

• Minato used the Flying Thunder God to seize Hiruzen, then restrained him with the Self-Inflicted Curse Binding Seal after Hiruzen attacked.
• Minato summoned the Great Toad Sage, whose prophecy described ordinary people gaining power to transform the ninja world and left Jiraiya shaken.
• Minato told Jiraiya and the Konoha ninjas that he would overthrow the Land of Fire’s nobles and asked whether Konoha belonged to the people or the nobles.
• Minato released Hiruzen and declared his plan to build the Land of Summer, where everyone could master chakra and Konoha would become more open.
• Hiruzen closed his eyes as explosive tags continued destroying the Noble Residence district, and Minato received a chakra reward for introducing the concept of the Land of Summer.

Minato admitted to killing the daimyo, then left Kyoto to respond to Kushina's battle with the Four-Tails Jinchuriki. The two continued fighting as Konoha and Stone Hidden Village forces arrived to retrieve their Jinchuriki.

• Minato confessed that he had killed the daimyo, and Hiruzen ordered him to retrieve the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and manage the Kyoto aftermath.
• Utatane Koharu asked where Danzo was, then hurried after Hiruzen when Minato said he had not seen him.
• Orochimaru watched the Summer Cicada Ninja use Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags as Minato explained his saturation-attack method.
• Minato used the Body Flicker Technique to reach the Land of Grass, where Kushina had erupted with five tails and was fighting Rōshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Minato checked Kushina's stable seal and let her continue fighting while Akimichi Dōtō, Inuzuka Gakuto, and Yamanaka Inoichi watched.
• Hatake Sakumo and Senju Takeoto arrived with Konoha shinobi as Stone Hidden Village forces came to rescue their Jinchuriki, disappointing Minato by interrupting the fight.

Minato and Hatake Sakumo stopped the Stone Hidden Village's attack and withdrew with Kushina, whose Nine-Tails chakra was overwhelming her. Minato then revealed that he had killed the Land of Fire's daimyo and intended to establish a new order, leaving Hatake Sakumo to judge his plans.

• Hatake Sakumo and Minato blocked Han, Huangtu, and Rōshi's attacks, then Minato used the Nine Astral Sealing to calm Kushina.
• Both sides withdrew, and Rōshi, Han, and Huangtu discussed the strength of Konoha's fighters before returning to the village.
• Minato told Kushina to return to the village with Hatake Sakumo while he went back to Kyoto to address the daimyo's death.
• Hatake Sakumo learned that Minato had killed the daimyo, but Minato said he had retaliated after the daimyo tried to destroy Summer Cicada.
• Minato told Hatake Sakumo he wanted to establish a new order that used chakra for construction rather than destruction.

Fugaku Uchiha and Senju Chihiro stopped ANBU squads sent to destroy Liangju City and seize the Dadu Port shipyard. Meanwhile, Summer Cicada and Autumn Fruit began attacking the South Guard, Hawk Guard, Zha Wei, and High Guard generals' mansions with Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.

• Fugaku Uchiha and eight Uchiha ninja trapped more than a hundred ANBU in Genjutsu and forced the squad to retreat from Liangju City.
• Senju Chihiro used Wood Release to capture the ANBU attacking the Dadu Port shipyard, then sent them back to Konoha.
• Song Yi led Summer Cicada and Autumn Fruit forces in launching Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag attacks on the South Guard General's Residence, killing the South Guard General in the explosions.
• San Die led a similar attack that reduced the Hawk Guard General's Mansion to ruins, while forces also attacked the Zha Wei and High Guard generals' mansions.

Nan Song and Minato explained the end of Xin Wen’s rule as Bumper Guard General and the Land of Summer’s new order. Xin Wen accepted an invitation to attend the founding ceremony in Kyoto, where he saw the city walls being demolished and learned that foreign opposition threatened the new state.

• Nan Song explained the Land of Summer’s provincial administration and Guardian Army to Xin Wen, who asked what place remained for him.
• Minato told Xin Wen that he could keep his name, estate, land, and savings, but had to live as an ordinary wealthy man under protection.
• Staff replaced the General’s Residence plaque with one for the Provincial Minister Office, and Nan Song took Xin Wen to his West City estate.
• Xin Wen accepted Nan Song’s invitation to attend the founding ceremony and traveled with him to Kyoto.
• Xin Wen saw workers demolishing Kyoto’s city walls, and Nan Song explained the city’s new defenses and the threat of opposition from the Four Great Nations.

Minato founded the Land of Summer and announced compulsory chakra education and chakra industrialization as its first national policies. As citizens celebrated, he gained confidence in the challenges ahead and received a large chakra reward for the reforms’ impact.

• Minato announced the founding of the Land of Summer and declared chakra education and industrialization its first national policies.
• The Land of Summer’s booklet described plans to make farmland, merchant guilds, and schools public institutions for all citizens.
• Nara Shikaku explained to Orochimaru that Minato’s chakra-centered ideals could unite ordinary people and eventually replace the Land of Fire.
• Orochimaru described how Shinmen’s divided production process used ordinary people to manufacture Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags more efficiently.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru discussed the changes Minato’s new nation could bring, while Orochimaru noted the coming Five Kage Summit.
• Minato gained confidence about facing future threats, and the system rewarded him with chakra for the Land of Summer’s reforms.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Jiraiya at Konoha's gate over Minato's actions and the village's financial crisis, but Konoha's clans and leaders gathered behind Minato. Hiruzen accepted Senju Takeoto's call to a Jonin Meeting and led the way to the Hokage Building.

• Jiraiya tried to stop Hiruzen Sarutobi from attending the Five Kage Summit and urged him to wait for Minato's explanation, but Hiruzen argued that Minato had endangered Konoha's mission-based economy.
• Uchiha Ishijima learned Minato had become Governor of the Land of Summer Defense Force and hoped the Uchiha could expand their influence beyond Konoha.
• Minato returned with Tsunade and others, and Jiraiya, Nara Shikaku, Uchiha Ishijima, Hatake Sakumo, and several clan heads positioned themselves in support of Minato or remained neutral.
• ANBU gathered behind Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Senju Takeoto and Kushina Uzumaki joined Minato's side, leaving Hiruzen with only Utatane Koharu among the senior leaders.
• Senju Takeoto told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had summoned the jonin for a meeting, and Hiruzen agreed before leading the way to the Hokage Building.

Minato recruited Konoha’s clans and jonin to build the Land of Summer Defense Force, offering them command and leadership positions in exchange for their support. As the Konoha Sannin arrived, Jiraiya asked Minato how he intended to treat Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Uchiha Ishijima offered three hundred billion Exploding Tags to the Defense Force, and Minato invited the Uchiha to supply members, including a commander for the Third Corps and a director for the Exploding Tag factory.
• Uchiha Ishijima urged Fugaku to join the Defense Force and deliver the Exploding Tags, predicting Minato would prepare for a wider conflict after the Kage summit.
• Minato gave the Nara Clan command of the Fourth Corps and leadership of Kyoto National Chakra Academy, while the Hyuga Clan took charge of reconnaissance battalions.
• Minato invited the Inuzuka Clan, the Aburame Clan, other clans, and civilian jonin to help build the Defense Force.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya entered Minato’s office, and Jiraiya asked how Minato planned to treat Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Minato outlined plans to diminish Hiruzen Sarutobi’s control over Konoha while expanding the Land of Summer’s influence through jobs and a joint academy. At the Jonin Meeting, he urged Konoha’s ninjas to build and defend the Land of Summer, but Utatane Koharu challenged him to explain how he would face the war threatened by the Five Kage Summit.

• Minato proposed moving Konoha ninjas into work in the Land of Summer and establishing a large Joint Chakra Academy, reducing Hiruzen Sarutobi’s practical power while preserving his position.
• Minato invited Tsunade to join the Land of Summer’s Medical and Health Department and offered Orochimaru a professorship, while declaring his intention to end war through construction and production.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi entered the Jonin Meeting and saw that most of the jonin had already aligned themselves with Minato.
• Minato told the jonin that merchant commissions now made up sixty percent of Konoha’s mission rewards and invited them to build and defend the Land of Summer rather than serve as weapons.
• Utatane Koharu warned that the daimyo of the Four Great Nations would support a war against Konoha and asked Minato how he planned to respond.

Minato argued that Konoha should end its allegiance to the Land of Fire’s daimyo and cooperate with the Land of Summer, despite the threat of war. The jonin overwhelmingly approved his proposal, and Hiruzen accepted the decision as Konoha prepared to negotiate with the Land of Summer.

• Utatane Koharu warned Minato that his policies could push Konoha into a war against the Four Great Ninja Villages, but Minato argued that war was inevitable and that industrialized logistics would let Konoha and the Land of Summer fight together.
• Minato proposed ending Konoha’s allegiance to the daimyo, cooperating with the Land of Summer’s Chakra Industrialization, and keeping the Third Hokage from attending the Five Kage Summit.
• The jonin voted 173 in favor, 15 against, and 3 abstentions on ending Konoha’s allegiance to the daimyo and cooperating with the Land of Summer.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted the Jonin Meeting’s resolution, agreeing that Konoha would end its allegiance to the daimyo and begin cooperation negotiations with the Land of Summer.
• Senju Takeoto recommended Minato Namikaze for the vacant position of Kyoto Advisor, and Hiruzen struggled to hide his reaction.

Minato Namikaze was appointed Kyoto Advisor, and the Land of Summer commissioned Konoha to build a jointly funded Chakra Academy. As Konoha prepared for a possible war against it, Minato promised Hiruzen Sarutobi that newly graduated children would not have to fight.

• Senju Takeoto recommended Minato Namikaze for Kyoto Advisor, and 185 of 191 jonin voted in favor.
• Da Jian offered Konoha three hundred million ryo to start a Joint Chakra Academy and one hundred million ryo in annual funding.
• Utatane Koharu agreed to organize the academy's construction and teaching staff.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi tasked Hatake Sakumo and Minato Namikaze with gathering intelligence about the Five Kage Summit and preparing for a possible war.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato that he had disrupted Konoha's order, and Minato promised that newly graduated children would not be sent to the battlefield.

Hatake Sakumo visited Sand Hidden Village to meet the Third Kazekage, where Xie and Chiyo confronted him over his role in killing Xie’s parents. After Sakumo and the Third Kazekage discussed the Land of Summer and a possible alliance, Xie ambushed the Kazekage and abducted him.

• Hatake Sakumo arrived at Sand Hidden Village, where Xie attacked him with puppets before the Third Kazekage intervened.
• Chiyo also confronted Hatake Sakumo, but the Third Kazekage ordered Rasa to escort Chiyo and Xie from the meeting.
• Hatake Sakumo told the Third Kazekage that Konoha supported the Land of Summer and urged Sand Hidden Village to consider an alliance against Stone Hidden Village.
• The Third Kazekage withheld his position, weighing Konoha’s offer against the immediate threat from Stone Hidden Village and the Land of Wind’s mission commissions.
• Several days later, Xie stabbed the Third Kazekage with a poisoned wooden sword designed to evade Magnet Release and sealed him inside a puppet.

After the Third Kazekage disappeared, Sand Hidden Village faced pressure from the Land of Wind Daimyo to appoint a successor and join the campaign against the Land of Summer. A week passed without finding him, leaving the village weakened and Rasa fearing political chaos.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the Third Kazekage had vanished and wondered whether Minato Namikaze or Hatake Sakumo was involved.
• The Third Lightning Kage questioned whether the Five Kage Summit could proceed and suspected Sand Hidden Village might have allied with Konoha Village.
• Chiyo and Rasa told the Land of Wind Daimyo that the Third Kazekage, Sasori, and several Jonin had disappeared, but Rasa argued that choosing a successor was impossible.
• The Land of Wind Daimyo gave Sand Hidden Village seven days to bring the Third Kazekage to Kyoto or lose its mission allotment to Stone Hidden Village.
• When Sand Hidden Village failed to find the Third Kazekage, the Daimyo suspended its mission commissions and accepted thousands of Iwa Ninja to protect his lands.
• Rasa watched the sands from the Kazekage's office and worried that the village would fall into chaos without a clear successor.