Chapter Summaries

The Sky Ninja Leader unleashed the Aerial Fortress’s cannon, but Hiruzen Sarutobi blocked its attack and destroyed the weapon with a coordinated five-nature technique. The damaged fortress retreated over the sea, and Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s forces to return to the village as neighboring nations prepared to act.

• The Sky Ninja Leader activated the Aerial Fortress’s cannon and fired a devastating beam at the Konoha forces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Triple Rashomon to block the beam, though the blast destroyed two gates and severely damaged the last.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and four clones combined five Chakra natures into dragons that struck the fortress’s cannon and wrecked its interior.
• The Sky Ninja Leader ordered a retreat, and the damaged Aerial Fortress fled toward the open sea.
• Nara Shibazaki asked whether Konoha should pursue, but Hiruzen Sarutobi refused and ordered the forces back to the village.

Jingū Kiraku returned to the Land of Rain after learning Kumogakure had invaded Konoha, while the Third Lightning Shadow and Ōnoki opened additional fronts against Konoha. Facing a war on four fronts, Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to seek peace by dividing Hidden Rain Village among Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure.

• Jingū Kiraku received news that Kumogakure had launched a large-scale attack on Konoha and returned to the Land of Rain, leaving the Sky Ninja for later.
• The Third Lightning Shadow led Kumogakure forces through Konoha's northern defenses and captured a border town.
• Ōnoki sent Kari and Iwagakure's army to attack Konoha forces in Grass Country and struck Konoha defenses with Dust Release.
• Nara Shibazaki advised Hiruzen Sarutobi to end the war in the Land of Rain and use concessions there to ease Konoha's pressure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to seek peace with Sunagakure and Iwagakure and divide Hidden Rain Village among them.

Jingū Kiraku tested the Sky Ninja Leader’s Zero Tails-powered Body Revitalization Technique, which healed injuries and made him stronger. The battle ended with Jingū Kiraku unleashing a storm of paper weapons to test the technique’s limits.

• The Sky Ninja Leader transformed with Dark Chakra and revealed that his Body Revitalization Technique could open all Eight Gates and strengthen him through injury.
• Jingū Kiraku attacked with paper shuriken and a paper dragon, then used his Sharingan to observe how the Leader’s body healed and grew stronger.
• The Leader struck Jingū Kiraku’s head, but hit a paper decoy that ignited and engulfed him in flames.
• The Leader emerged from the fire with his body regenerating and boasted that he could form a Vajra Body through constant recovery.
• Jingū Kiraku gathered tens of thousands of paper weapons and unleashed them toward the Sky Ninja Leader with Paper Style: Unlimited Blade Works.

Jingū Kiraku defeated the Sky Ninja Leader and followed him to the Zero Tails, where he uncovered and foiled the leader’s plan to use the beast against him. With the leader restrained and the barrier closed again, Jingū Kiraku prepared to claim the Zero Tails for the Land of Rain.

• Jingū Kiraku overwhelmed the Sky Ninja Leader with a weapons barrage until the leader surrendered.
• Jingū Kiraku made the Sky Ninja Leader lead him through the fortress to the underground chamber holding the Zero Tails.
• The Sky Ninja Leader opened the barrier and tried to rush toward the Zero Tails, but Jingū Kiraku seized and restrained him.
• Jingū Kiraku revealed that he had copied the barrier-opening technique with his Sharingan, then demonstrated it by closing the barrier again.
• Jingū Kiraku silenced the defeated leader and turned his attention to the Zero Tails.

Jingū Kiraku tested Zero Tails inside its barrier and discovered that it absorbed ninjutsu and slowly drained nearby Chakra. After extracting the Sky Ninja Leader’s memories, he learned that awakening Zero Tails required two techniques, and the Sky Ninja Leader had found only one; Jingū Kiraku planned to organize the Sky Ninja and bring the Aerial Fortress to the Land of Rain.

• Jingū Kiraku entered Zero Tails’ barrier and tested how it absorbed Chakra-based attacks.
• Jingū Kiraku observed that Zero Tails also siphoned Chakra from those within the barrier and considered it a source of power for the Aerial Fortress.
• Jingū Kiraku questioned the Sky Ninja Leader about how to awaken Zero Tails, but the Leader refused to answer.
• Jingū Kiraku used his Sharingan to read the Sky Ninja Leader’s memories and learned that two techniques were needed to awaken and control Zero Tails.
• Jingū Kiraku suspected Konoha held the other technique and planned to reorganize the Sky Ninja and transport the Aerial Fortress to the Land of Rain.

Jingū Kiraku defeated the Sky Ninja Leader and offered the surviving Sky ninjas a choice between joining Hidden Rain Village or dying. After killing those who refused, he forced the rest to swear allegiance to the Land of Rain.

• Jingū Kiraku considered recruiting the Sky ninjas to bolster Hidden Rain Village’s forces and use their Flying Ninja Tools for aerial attacks.
• Jingū Kiraku brought the captured Sky Ninja Leader before the Sky ninjas and ordered them to join Hidden Rain Village or die.
• Most of the Sky ninjas knelt and pledged to fight for the Land of Rain, while a few diehards remained standing.
• Jingū Kiraku crushed the remaining holdouts with Paper Release: Paper Binding Explosion.
• The surviving Sky ninjas bowed and shouted their allegiance to the Land of Rain.

After conquering the Sky Ninja, Jingū Kiraku claimed Angkor Fortress and Zero Tails: Void, then examined their abilities and the two available policy plans. He rejected handing Zero Tails to the Five Great Nations and chose deterrence, which required firing the energy cannon near a major nation's border.

• Jingū Kiraku returned to the fortress and received Angkor Fortress, Flying Ninja, Zero Tails: Void, and a choice between two policy trees.
• Jingū Kiraku examined Angkor Fortress's benefits, including enhanced aerial units, faster and cheaper repairs, a powerful energy cannon, and daily Technology Value.
• Jingū Kiraku reviewed Zero Tails: Void's mimicry attacks, mind control, chakra absorption, and ability to replenish itself from negative emotions.
• Jingū Kiraku rejected the Tailed Beast Peace Plan, which required handing Zero Tails to the Five Great Nations for their praise.
• Jingū Kiraku favored the Tailed Beast Deterrence Plan, which required test-firing the energy cannon near a major nation's border to make the Five Great Nations fear Tailed Beasts.

Jingū Kiraku learned that Kumogakure and Iwagakure planned to attack Konoha in three days, then left the Aerial Fortress in Sada Asuka’s care and hurried back toward Amegakure. In the Land of Frost, the Third Lightning Shadow smashed through Konoha’s defenses, leaving its ninja overwhelmed and desperate.

• Sada Asuka reported that the former faction’s remnants had been eliminated and the recruited Rain Ninjas were repairing the Aerial Fortress.
• Jingū Kiraku received a message ordering a joint attack with Iwagakure on Konoha in three days.
• Jingū Kiraku left a Paper Clone to advise Sada Asuka and instructed him to finish repairing the fortress and return it to the Land of Rain.
• Jingū Kiraku rode a white Paper Bird toward Amegakure, intending to take command and capture Danzo Shimura.
• In the Land of Frost, the Third Lightning Shadow shattered Konoha’s Earth Flow Wall with his Four-Finger Nukite and charged through the defensive line.

Iwagakure forces led by Ōnoki devastated Konoha strongholds in the Grass Country, while Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Kumogakure and Iwagakure had declared war on Konoha. The chapter left Hiruzen reeling at the news that both villages had attacked at once.

• A Hyuga Clan ninja spotted an underground feint as Kari, captain of Iwagakure's demolition unit, struck Konoha's outer camp with an explosive attack.
• Kari's assault signaled Iwagakure forces to bombard the camp with boulders, while Ōnoki used Dust Release to erase more than half of it.
• Ōnoki led Iwagakure forces in clearing out Konoha ninja throughout the Grass Country.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rushed to his office, where Homura Mitokado reported that Kumogakure and Iwagakure had declared war and devastated Konoha strongholds in the Grass Country and the Land of Frost.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reacted in disbelief that Kumogakure and Iwagakure had attacked at the same time.

With Konoha facing war on four fronts and unable to counter the Third Raikage and Ōnoki directly, Nara Shibazaki proposed withdrawing to the Land of Fire’s borders and concentrating forces against Kumogakure. Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the plan and ordered Shibazaki to organize the deployments, while preparing to seek Mito Uzumaki’s help in defending the village.

• Homura Mitokado warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that ordinary shinobi could not withstand the Third Raikage’s Lightning Release Armor or Ōnoki’s Dust Release.
• Nara Shibazaki recommended withdrawing from the Land of Rivers, the Land of Rain, and the Land of Frost to rebuild Konoha’s defenses along the Land of Fire’s borders.
• Shibazaki assigned Hatake Jonin to harass Sunagakure’s supplies, Homura Mitokado and Orochimaru to slow Iwagakure in Grass Country, and Akimichi Torifu to defend against Hidden Rain Village.
• Shibazaki proposed moving Danzo north and having him and Hiruzen Sarutobi lead a concentrated assault to defeat Kumogakure.
• After Koharu Utatane raised concerns about the village’s defenses, Shibazaki identified Mito Uzumaki as their last line of defense if enemies reached Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Shibazaki’s plan, told him to send deployment orders, and ordered Danzo to return immediately.

Danzo Shimura received orders to withdraw Konoha’s forces from the Land of Rain and rallied the dispirited troops as they prepared to leave. Jingū Kiraku appeared to confront them, demanding that Konoha leave something behind, and Danzo challenged him to try stopping the army.

• Danzo Shimura received the order to withdraw from the Land of Rain and reluctantly began carrying it out.
• Danzo ordered Konoha’s ninja to pack up and leave, then urged them to see the retreat as a strategic adjustment and promised their sacrifices would be remembered.
• As the Konoha forces prepared to depart, Jingū Kiraku formed from falling sheets of paper and confronted Danzo.
• Jingū Kiraku accused Konoha of leaving without making amends for its slaughter in the Land of Rain and demanded that they leave something behind.
• Danzo questioned whether Jingū Kiraku intended to fight Konoha and challenged him to stop its army.

Jingū Kiraku unleashed a vast sea of fire against Danzo Shimura and the Konoha forces, then revealed an army of ten thousand paper soldiers. He ordered the soldiers to attack as the stunned Konoha ninjas faced them.

• Danzo Shimura confronted Jingū Kiraku and declared he would settle things with him, while the Konoha ninjas readied their weapons.
• Jingū Kiraku used Paper Release: Flame Ocean Seal to send a blazing torrent toward the Konoha forces.
• Danzo Shimura ordered a Water Release squad to raise water walls and meet the flames, filling the battlefield with steam.
• A Hyuga Clan ninja detected massive Chakra signatures in the mist, and an army of paper soldiers emerged.
• Jingū Kiraku sat upon a floating White Throne amid ten thousand paper soldiers and commanded them to kill.

Jingū Kiraku sent his Paper Style army against Konoha, whose ninja suffered heavy casualties from the soldiers’ varied self-destruction abilities. As Danzo Shimura struggled to hold the defensive line, Jingū Kiraku watched the battle as an experiment and declared that pain let people truly empathize.

• Jingū Kiraku ordered the White Army to charge, and Danzo Shimura summoned Dream Membrane to unleash a wind attack that destroyed over a thousand paper soldiers.
• The surviving paper soldiers rose again, and Danzo ordered Konoha’s ninja to stop their renewed charge with weapons and ninjutsu.
• Paper soldiers broke through Konoha’s defenses and killed ninja with explosive flames, water needles, and other hidden attacks.
• Danzo watched Konoha’s casualties mount as Jingū Kiraku calmly observed the battlefield from above.
• Jingū Kiraku judged his paper soldiers’ self-destruction abilities effective and said that only pain let people truly empathize.

Jingū Kiraku fought Danzo Shimura and Konoha’s shinobi from his White Throne, overwhelming them with a vast sword array. Danzo and Dream pulled Jingū Kiraku toward the ground, but he countered Dream’s suction with a sea of flames drawn into its nostrils.

• Danzo Shimura attacked Jingū Kiraku with Wind Release Shuriken, which cut through Jingū Kiraku’s paper swords before losing their Chakra.
• Jingū Kiraku summoned the Paper Style: Infinite Sword Array, and Danzo ordered Dream to counter it with Wind Release: Multiple Vacuum Serial Waves Technique.
• Danzo and Dream used the clash as cover, then Dream inhaled and dragged Jingū Kiraku and his throne toward the ground.
• Jingū Kiraku recalled that Dream’s suction was vulnerable to fire and sent Spirit Paper marked with the character for fire into a blazing inferno.
• Dream drew the sea of flames into its nostrils.

Jingū Kiraku survived Danzo Shimura and the Konoha shinobi’s bombardment by summoning a towering armored White Shikigami. He began counterattacking with its flaming Cross Longsword as Danzo searched for a way to stop it.

• Meng dragged Jingū Kiraku to the ground before succumbing to its injuries, and Danzo Shimura attacked with Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere.
• The Konoha shinobi followed Danzo’s assault with kunai, Exploding Tags, and ninjutsu aimed at Jingū Kiraku.
• When the smoke cleared, Jingū Kiraku stood atop his enormous armored White Shikigami and revealed its name and capabilities.
• Danzo recognized that the giant resembled the Uchiha’s Susanoo but doubted Jingū Kiraku possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Jingū Kiraku raised the White Shikigami’s Cross Longsword, covered it in flames, and unleashed an attack he called Judgment Crimson Lotus.

Jingū Kiraku devastated the Konoha forces with two elemental strikes, leaving Danzo Shimura to retreat while Aburame Ryoma sacrificed himself to attack the giant. Ryoma's insect swarm surged toward Jingū Kiraku, and the battle continued.

• Jingū Kiraku unleashed Judgment Crimson Lotus, engulfing the battlefield in flames and killing many Konoha ninjas.
• Danzo Shimura tried to strike Jingū Kiraku with Wind Release Shuriken, but the White Shikigami blocked and repelled them with a paper shield.
• Jingū Kiraku's Water Release sword strike sent needles across the battlefield, killing more Konoha ninjas and terrifying the survivors.
• Aburame Ryoma stepped forward to hold off Jingū Kiraku while Danzo Shimura escaped using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Ryoma activated Secret Technique: Insect Jade Burst, causing his body to explode into a swarm of insects that rushed toward Jingū Kiraku.

Jingū Kiraku defeated Aburame Ryoma’s final swarm of Parasitic Destruction Insects and pursued Danzo Shimura, killing the Root shinobi who tried to delay him. He unleashed five enormous elemental Cross Longswords on Danzo, who faced them with his strongest Wind Release technique as the swords descended.

• Jingū Kiraku trapped Aburame Ryoma’s Parasitic Destruction Insects in a water sphere and destroyed them with Lightning Talismans.
• Jingū Kiraku pursued Danzo Shimura while the Konoha shinobi remaining on the battlefield gave up and stayed behind.
• Danzo ordered the remaining Root shinobi to attack Jingū Kiraku, then used the distraction to flee again.
• Jingū Kiraku killed the Root shinobi with Paper Style: White Flower Dance and confronted Danzo from the sky.
• Jingū Kiraku summoned five giant elemental Cross Longswords, and Danzo used Wind Release: Vacuum Katana as they descended with Paper Style: Five Stars Falling Divine Judgment.

Jingū Kiraku defeated Danzo Shimura with Five Stars Divine Judgment, leaving him gravely wounded but alive. Jingū Kiraku reflected on Danzo’s role in weakening Konoha and decided the Shinobi of Darkness was too useful to kill.

• Jingū Kiraku unleashed Five Stars Divine Judgment, combining the five elements into golden-white starlight that crashed down on Danzo Shimura.
• Danzo formed a Wind Release katana and tried to resist the attack, but the force shattered his kunai and overwhelmed him.
• The strike devastated the battlefield, leaving Danzo alive at the edge of a vast sword scar with his right arm destroyed.
• Jingū Kiraku landed and explained that he had shifted the attack at the last moment to spare Danzo’s life.
• Jingū Kiraku recalled how Danzo had helped cause Konoha’s losses and concluded that Danzo was useful to keep alive.

As Konoha faced attacks on multiple fronts, Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Danzo and many Konoha ninja had been captured by Jingū Kiraku. Hiruzen and Koharu Utatane began considering how to ransom Danzo back.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched early-graduated genin prepare for battle and asked Koharu Utatane for updates on Konoha’s defensive lines.
• Koharu Utatane reported that Konoha’s forces were retreating to the borders while the Third Lightning Shadow had entered the Land of Fire and captured three cities.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Konoha’s campaign force against Kumogakure was ready but Danzo had not reported back.
• An Anbu Ninja reported that Jingū Kiraku had ambushed Konoha’s retreating forces in the Land of Rain and captured Danzo and numerous ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the Anbu Ninja and told Koharu Utatane that they needed to find a way to ransom Danzo back.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan worried that the war would continue, but they reaffirmed their faith in their teacher and the Land of Rain. Jingū Kiraku returned to Amegakure at the head of a vast cavalry formed with Paper Release and declared victory.

• Yahiko lamented that the war had not ended, while Nagato explained that defeating Konoha would be difficult.
• Nagato pointed out that fewer wounded had recently arrived at Amegakure Hospital, and Konan and Yahiko declared that victory would belong to the Land of Rain.
• The ground shook with the sound of thousands of hoofbeats, and Amemura ordered the Amegakure Ninja to prepare for battle and evacuate the children.
• Amemura and Erika recognized the approaching force as Jingū Kiraku's Paper Release soldiers, returning beneath banners marked with the character for Rain.
• Jingū Kiraku rose from his White Throne and announced that the Land of Rain had won.