Chapter Summaries

After learning that survivors of the Uzumaki Clan were being held captive in Kirigakure, Kushina wanted to go there, but Katsuki insisted he would handle the rescue himself. He left no room for the Third Hokage to dissuade him and promised Kushina he would return safely.

• Katsuki arrived at the Third Hokage's office and found Kushina crying.
• The Third Hokage told Katsuki and Kushina that intelligence from a spy revealed survivors of the Uzumaki Clan were captive in Kirigakure.
• Kushina said she wanted to go to Kirigakure, but Katsuki stopped her and said he would go instead.
• Katsuki argued that his status and abilities made him better suited to the mission, while Kushina fell silent, worried for him.
• Katsuki declared that he would go to Kirigakure no matter what and promised Kushina he would return safely.

Katsuki insisted on going to Kirigakure after learning that survivors of the Uzumaki Clan were there, despite the Third Hokage and his advisors warning him of the danger. The meeting ended with Orochimaru asking whether Katsuki had a plan to rescue the survivors and prevent retaliation.

• The Third Hokage convened a meeting with Kushina, Katsuki, the elder advisors, and Orochimaru to discuss intelligence about survivors of the Uzumaki Clan in Kirigakure.
• The Third Hokage said Konoha had to intervene, though the advisors recognized that Katsuki's determination was driving the decision.
• Katsuki said he would handle the rescue alone and insisted that Kirigakure could not stop him.
• Mitokado Homura warned Katsuki that Kirigakure's strength and the risks to the survivors made the mission more dangerous than his raid on Sunagakure.
• Orochimaru supported letting Katsuki act, and the Third Hokage cautioned that Katsuki still needed to get the survivors out and prevent a retaliatory war.
• Orochimaru asked Katsuki whether he already had a plan for those problems.

Katsuki insisted on going to Kirigakure to settle old scores, despite the Third Hokage and Kushina warning him of the danger. After Katsuki left, Orochimaru revealed how powerful he had become, and the Hokage began preparing Konoha’s eastern defenses for a likely war.

• Katsuki declared that he would go to Kirigakure and defeat the Mist Ninja, and he refused to change his mind despite Kushina’s and the Third Hokage’s objections.
• Orochimaru and Danzo shifted their attention to persuading the village leaders to prepare for the consequences of Katsuki’s decision.
• Orochimaru told the Third Hokage that Katsuki had beaten him in sparring using only Taijutsu and might one day rival the First Hokage.
• The Third Hokage asked Orochimaru who could reinforce the eastern coast, and Orochimaru suggested Sakumo and Tsunade.
• The Third Hokage ordered Orochimaru to speak with Sakumo and Tsunade about leading the defenses.

Katsuki prepared to leave on a complicated assignment to the Land of Water, while Sakumo accepted a separate mission to the eastern border. The Third Hokage trusted Sakumo’s confidence in Katsuki and approved a small team for the border assignment.

• Katsuki packed for a month or two away, gave Kakashi a leave request for the Principal, and invited him to train with Might Guy and the others while he was gone.
• The Third Hokage reassigned the eastern-border mission to Sakumo after Tsunade refused to leave her research at Konoha Hospital.
• Asked whether Katsuki could safely go to the Land of Water alone, Sakumo said Katsuki had surpassed him and could judge his own abilities.
• Sakumo selected Hizashi, Shibi, Nawaki, and Otoha to accompany him to the eastern border, saying Katsuki might weaken the Mist Ninja before they could start a war.

Katsuki traveled east toward the Land of Water to investigate its turbulent succession struggle and political factions. After reaching the coast, he fled a misunderstanding with Konoha border guards and continued over the sea without knowing how he would infiltrate the islands.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura briefed Katsuki on the Land of Water, while a Shadow Clone had listened in his place.
• Katsuki flew east on the Thunderclap Chariot, reviewed the information, and wondered which powerful ninja clans might challenge Kirigakure.
• At the coast, Katsuki studied the village's crude map and realized it offered little help with sneaking into the Land of Water.
• Three Konoha ninja mistook Katsuki for an intruder and attacked him with shuriken, a genjutsu, and a sword, but he broke the illusion and stopped their assault.
• Katsuki shouted that he was one of them, then escaped by racing east across the sea before reinforcements arrived.

Katsuki infiltrated the Land of Water and reached Aomori Island, where he learned of the civil war and the Kaguya Clan’s territory. After Rokuro Kaguya confronted him as a suspected spy, Katsuki openly identified himself as a spy from the Land of Fire.

• Katsuki swam through Kirigakure’s patrols and reached Aomori Island without revealing his chakra.
• At a tavern in Hachinohe Town, Katsuki overheard samurai discuss renewed fighting between the daimyo’s sons and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Katsuki learned that Aomori Island was Kaguya Clan territory and wondered about their Shikotsumyaku kekkei genkai.
• Rokuro Kaguya confronted Katsuki at the tavern while five other Kaguya gathered outside.
• Katsuki told Rokuro that his name was Uzumaki Katsuki and that he was a spy from the Land of Fire.

Uzumaki Katsuki openly identified himself as a spy from the Land of Fire and let Rokuro Kaguya escort him to the Kaguya Clan’s estate. He asked the clan head for intelligence, but the old man challenged whether the Kaguya Clan would betray Kirigakure.

• Rokuro Kaguya took Katsuki from the tavern to the Kaguya Clan’s headquarters after Katsuki finished eating.
• Hitomi Kaguya questioned Katsuki and threatened him, while he responded with jokes.
• The Kaguya Clan’s old leader recognized Katsuki as the renowned Calamity and met him in person.
• Katsuki explained that he wanted intelligence, prompting the clan head to question whether he expected them to sell out Kirigakure.

Katsuki sought information from the Kaguya Clan about surviving Uzumaki in Kirigakure and learned that most had died in experiments. The Kaguya Clan Head asked Katsuki to promise future assistance, and Katsuki considered a bold idea instead of answering.

• Katsuki demanded to know whether the Kaguya Clan would share information, then asked if Uzumaki survivors remained in Kirigakure.
• The Kaguya Clan Head admitted that Kirigakure had abducted Uzumaki and ordered Rokuro Kaguya to gather intelligence from the past five years.
• Katsuki read the files with shadow clones and learned that only a few Uzumaki survivors remained, with most having died in experiments.
• Katsuki asked to discuss payment, and the Kaguya Clan Head requested a promise of help when the clan needed it, as long as the Land of Fire was not endangered.
• Katsuki fell silent and began considering a bold idea.

Katsuki proposed that the Kaguya Clan leave the hostile Land of Water and join Konoha, arguing that they were independent wandering ninja rather than Kirigakure missing-nin. The Kaguya Clan Head was deeply moved by the offer but still weighed whether Katsuki could be trusted.

• Katsuki told the Kaguya Clan Head he had a better idea than making an intangible promise.
• Katsuki and the Kaguya Clan Head discussed the Land of Water’s infighting and hostility toward Kekkei Genkai clans.
• The Kaguya Clan Head explained that his clan had joined the war after the Water Daimyo’s younger son promised independent clans a new Kirigakure.
• Katsuki proposed that the Kaguya Clan change employers and move to the Land of Fire, where Konoha would welcome Kekkei Genkai clans.
• Katsuki argued that the Kaguya Clan were independent wandering ninja, not Mist Ninja or missing-nin, and guaranteed Konoha would accept them.
• The Kaguya Clan Head studied Katsuki, visibly considering the offer’s credibility.

Katsuki traveled with the Kaguya Clan to Mist Island, hoping to negotiate with the Yuki Clan and bring both clans back to Konoha. The chapter ended as he met the Yuki Clan Head, who appeared drunk and immediately offered him a drink.

• Katsuki gave the Kaguya Clan Head time to consider his proposal and asked him for a favor.
• On the boat to Mist Island, Hitomi Kaguya asked Katsuki about Konoha, and he described its attractions while considering how to recruit the Kaguya and Yuki Clans.
• Rokuro Kaguya told Katsuki that the Kaguya and Yuki Clans were struggling against the Mist Ninja in the Water Daimyo's succession war.
• Katsuki's group arrived at the Kaguya and Yuki encampment on Mist Island and learned that the Yuki Clan Head was waiting for them.
• Katsuki met the young Yuki Clan Head, who sat among empty wine bottles and asked him if he wanted a drink.

Katsuki proposed that the Yuki and Kaguya Clans help rescue his people while he weakened the Mist Ninja and sought Konoha's support for their relocation. As Yuki Hatsuzuki considered his plan, the Mist Ninja launched an attack.

• Yuki Hatsuzuki greeted Katsuki while drunk, and he used the cold to sober her up so they could talk seriously.
• Yuki Hatsuzuki doubted that Katsuki could secure permission for her clan to relocate, and he acknowledged that he could not change the village's decision alone.
• Katsuki proposed that the Yuki and Kaguya Clans help rescue his clansmen while he weakened the Mist Ninja, then send envoys to Konoha to seek allies and support relocation.
• Yuki Hatsuzuki learned that Katsuki's teacher was Konoha's White Fang and considered his three-step plan.
• A man reported that the Mist Ninja had launched an attack after explosions and smoke appeared in the forest.

Katsuki’s Shadow Clones battled through Kirigakure while Souma Uzumaki and the advancing Kaguya and Yuki clansmen fought their way toward the village. The Third Mizukage and Shitsukura confronted Katsuki, who recognized signs of Uzumaki chakra and cell transplantation in Shitsukura.

• Katsuki’s Shadow Clones used Lightning and Earth Release to overwhelm the Mist Ninja, then turned their sensing abilities against enemies hidden in the Mist Technique.
• Souma Uzumaki watched the Mist Ninja die on stone spears and laughed as his resentment eased.
• Yuki Hatsuzuki and Hitomi Kaguya led their clans toward Kirigakure, killing the Mist Ninja who tried to block their path.
• The Third Mizukage and Shitsukura appeared before Katsuki, who detected Uzumaki chakra and signs of cell transplantation in Shitsukura.

Katsuki confronted the Third Mizukage in Kirigakure, seeking revenge for the Mist Ninja’s destruction of the Land of Whirlpools and the Uzumaki Clan. After surviving the Mizukage’s explosive attack, Katsuki hid in a clothing store, where the Mizukage attacked him with acidic mist and Katsuki countered with Earth Release.

• The Third Mizukage questioned Katsuki about attacking Kirigakure, and Katsuki declared he had come to avenge the Land of Whirlpools and the Uzumaki Clan.
• Katsuki struck the building with lightning, then kicked the approaching Shitsukura through a house, but Shitsukura’s Tailed Beast Cloak protected him from the worst of the blow.
• The Third Mizukage used Boiling Release to send acidic mist at Katsuki and followed with five Explosive Tags that detonated against Katsuki’s chest.
• Katsuki survived the explosion, ran to a clothing store, and Shitsukura told the Third Mizukage where he had gone.
• The Third Mizukage flooded the clothing store with acidic mist, and Katsuki hurled a massive boulder through the corroded wall with Earth Release.

Katsuki stalled the Third Mizukage while waiting for the Yuki and Kaguya clans to reinforce his escaping clansmen. Their assault threw Kirigakure’s forces into chaos, and Yuki Hatsuzuki confronted Suikazan Fuguki as the Seven Man Group halted.

• The Third Mizukage dodged Katsuki’s Earth Dragon Bullet Technique and prolonged their fight, while Katsuki sensed the Yuki and Kaguya jonin approaching.
• At Kirigakure’s gate, Ringo Ameyuri absorbed a clone’s lightning attack with her swords and charged Katsuki’s shadow clones alongside the Seven Man Group.
• More than thirty Yuki jonin unleashed a blizzard as Kaguya jonin attacked the Mist Ninja at close range, disrupting their formation.
• Yuki Hatsuzuki called Suikazan Fuguki a dead fat pig and used Great Ice Pillar to force him to leap clear.

Yuki and Kaguya clans fought their way out of Kirigakure with Katsuki’s help, while Suikazan Fuguki ordered the Mist Ninja to let them leave before pursuing. Katsuki stayed behind to delay the pursuers and blocked their path outside the village.

• Suikazan Fuguki ordered the Mist Ninja to kill the Yuki and Kaguya clans, and Yuki Hatsuzuki attacked Munashi Jinpachi with Ice Release: Lance.
• The Yuki and Kaguya clans’ jonin and Katsuki’s shadow clones overwhelmed the Mist Ninja near Kirigakure’s main gate.
• Suikazan Fuguki let the clans leave the village so the Mist Ninja could pursue them without risking greater destruction inside Kirigakure.
• Yuki Hatsuzuki led the clans and Uzumaki Clan members out through the gate while Katsuki’s shadow clones stayed behind to cover their retreat.
• Katsuki’s shadow clones used Electric Execution: Great Prison to stop the Mist Ninja, then vanished when their chakra ran out.
• Katsuki arrived on the Thunderclap Chariot and blocked Ringo Ameyuri and the pursuing Mist Ninja outside the village.

Katsuki endured Kirigakure’s strongest fighters, shrugging off their attacks and regenerating from the few that harmed him. After killing a Hozuki jonin, he rushed toward the village entrance on a lightning chariot when the memories of his destroyed shadow clones reached him.

• The Hozuki Clan Head’s Water Gun Technique struck Katsuki but failed to do more than redden his back, while Kirigakure’s gathered elites remained unable to stop him.
• Shitsukura’s Coral Palm began spreading over Katsuki’s shoulder, but Katsuki shattered the coral with lightning and explained that the technique could not drain his chakra or calcium.
• The Third Mizukage’s acidic Ash Snake corroded Katsuki’s leg, but Katsuki dispersed it with his muscles and regenerated the damaged skin.
• Katsuki charged through the enemy attacks and killed a Hozuki Clan jonin with a punch through the chest, enraging the man’s older brother, the Hozuki Clan Head.
• The Third Mizukage ordered the Koshimizu and Terumi jonin to lead the attack as Katsuki’s wounds healed.
• Katsuki received memories from his destroyed shadow clones, summoned the Thunderclap Chariot, and sped toward the village entrance.

Katsuki held off the Mist Ninja alone on the Thunderclap Chariot, shrugging off Ringo Ameyuri’s lightning attacks and enduring Jinin Akebino’s axe and hammer. With nearly a hundred Mist jonin gathered but unable to hurt him, the standoff left Katsuki protecting his departing clansmen from pursuit.

• Katsuki blocked the pursuing Mist Ninja and refused Ringo Ameyuri’s demand to inspect his flying technique.
• Ringo Ameyuri fired Lightning Balls at Katsuki, but they had no effect on his hardened body.
• Suikazan Fuguki sent a Water Dragon Bullet at Katsuki, who cut it apart with Lightning Fork.
• Jinin Akebino struck Katsuki’s head with Kabutowari, but Katsuki withstood the axe and hammer and sent Akebino flying backward.
• Ringo Ameyuri, Suikazan Fuguki, Jinin Akebino, and the assembled Mist jonin stopped attacking because they could not find a way to injure Katsuki.

Katsuki tried to delay the Mist Ninja so the Yuki and Kaguya clans could escape, but the Third Mizukage’s Boiling Release drove him back and revealed his tactic. The Mizukage sent Suikazan Fuguki and Noyori around Katsuki to pursue the fleeing clans.

• Suikazan Fuguki gathered forty-six jonin to combine Water Release techniques against Katsuki, but Katsuki endured the attack and shattered the Mist Ninja’s confidence.
• The Third Mizukage arrived, furious at the wreckage near Kirigakure’s gates, and attacked Katsuki with Boiling Release: Nether Sea.
• Katsuki broke free of the acid mist, though he had inhaled some and suffered internal burning, and the Mist Ninja cheered the Mizukage’s apparent victory.
• The Third Mizukage learned from Suikazan Fuguki that the Yuki and Kaguya had escaped while Katsuki blocked the pursuit.
• The Third Mizukage ordered Suikazan Fuguki and Noyori to split their forces and pursue the fleeing clans from opposite sides, and Katsuki realized his stalling plan had been seen through.

Katsuki used Lightning Fork to destroy Jinin Akebino’s group of Mist Ninja and took Kabutowari. The Third Mizukage arrived too late to stop him, then watched Katsuki fly off to pursue Suikazan Fuguki’s group and feared he had underestimated a monster.

• Rain passed through the Third Mizukage’s acidic mist and became corrosive acid rain, devastating the land around the village.
• Katsuki rode the Thunderclap Chariot toward Jinin Akebino’s group and killed Mist Ninja with Lightning Fork.
• Jinin Akebino’s group tried to defend themselves with a Water Wall, but Katsuki’s lightning tore through it and killed them.
• Katsuki picked up Kabutowari and flew off to chase Suikazan Fuguki’s group, despite his heavy chakra expenditure.
• The Third Mizukage arrived to find seventeen jonin dead and realized Katsuki’s speed and endurance exceeded his expectations.

Katsuki fought Suikazan Fuguki and his Mist Ninja during a torrential storm, then faced the Three-Tails as it arrived in its full form. The chapter ended with Katsuki blocking one of its massive tails with his fist.

• Suikazan Fuguki used sensory ninja to detect Katsuki approaching and ordered his Mist Ninja to spread out and defend.
• Katsuki struck the Mist Ninja with lightning, but Fuguki countered with the Great Waterfall Technique and created a vast surge of water.
• Katsuki sensed a Tailed Beast approaching and followed the fleeing Mist Ninja across the waves.
• Shitsukura, transformed into the Three-Tails, attacked Katsuki with a water bullet and its three enormous tails.
• Katsuki met the Three-Tails' descending tail with his fist.