Chapter Summaries

Kakashi and Kuyue fought Stone Ninja as Konoha and Stone’s genin and chunin suffered heavy losses, while Katsuki sent ANBU to eliminate hidden Stone hunters. After both sides withdrew in order, Katsuki prepared to face Ōnoki again.

• Kakashi and Kuyue killed Stone Ninja during the battle between the chunin and genin forces.
• Katsuki spotted Stone hunters targeting Konoha’s promising fighters and ordered his ANBU to take them out.
• Konoha gained the upper hand after the hunters were eliminated, and the Stone Ninja began an orderly retreat.
• Nawaki announced the retreat, and both armies pulled their forces back after losing nearly half their battlefield troops.
• Katsuki flexed his recovering right arm and charged toward Ōnoki as thunder and silver-white light filled the sky.

Katsuki and Ōnoki exchanged powerful attacks as the Konoha and Stone ninja fled the battlefield. After their techniques clashed, Katsuki rode toward Ōnoki’s incoming rock fist with lightning gathering in his left hand.

• Kakashi grabbed Kuyue and fled with the retreating Konoha ninja as both armies escaped the coming battle.
• Katsuki unleashed Electric Execution, and Ōnoki countered with Dust Release: Original World Stripping Technique, causing the lightning and barrier to vanish together.
• Katsuki tested a Great Fire Dragon Technique against Ōnoki, whose Rock Golem was destroyed by the attack.
• Ōnoki used Rock Fist Technique to send a massive stone fist at Katsuki, who charged toward it on the Thunderclap Chariot with lightning flashing in his left hand.

Katsuki overwhelmed Ōnoki with relentless lightning attacks while Konoha’s jonin watched from the hillside. Roshi and Han prepared to support Ōnoki as the Stone Ninja camp responded to the battle.

• Otoha and Nawaki argued with a Uchiha jonin who wanted to join the fight, then stayed on the hillside to watch Katsuki battle Ōnoki.
• Katsuki used his Lightning Release techniques to attack Ōnoki, who repeatedly evaded and struggled to find an opening.
• Konoha’s chunin and genin cheered Katsuki as his spectacular attacks lit up the sky.
• Kitsuchi greeted Roshi, who mocked Ōnoki for being driven into a difficult fight by Katsuki.
• Roshi asked Han if he was ready, and Han said he could move at any time.
• Roshi and Han set out to support Ōnoki against Katsuki.

Katsuki fought off the Four-Tails’ green flames while evading Ōnoki, and Nawaki joined the battle in his Wood Golem. The Five-Tails intercepted Nawaki, leaving the two battles to continue separately.

• The Four-Tails recognized Katsuki’s sealing aura and attacked him with green flames, while Ōnoki used the distraction to recover and keep pursuing Katsuki.
• Katsuki dodged the flames with the Thunderclap Chariot and tried to extinguish them with Water Release, but they quickly burned through the steam.
• Nawaki summoned his Wood Golem and charged the Four-Tails, but the Five-Tails appeared and staggered the wooden giant with a headbutt.
• The Five-Tails focused on Nawaki, preventing him from assisting Katsuki as both fights continued.

Katsuki battled Ōnoki and the Four-Tails, using a newly created Mud Golem to withstand the tailed beast’s attacks. He left the Four-Tails knocked back into the lava lake, while Ōnoki remained hidden in the clouds.

• Ōnoki concealed himself among chakra-infused clones in the clouds after Katsuki’s lightning repeatedly found his hiding places.
• The Four-Tails fired a barrage of magma balls at Katsuki, who destroyed them with lightning and grew angry at the heat.
• Katsuki landed and summoned the Mud Golem, a living earthen giant powered by a soul he had infused into it.
• The Four-Tails charged the Mud Golem and spewed green flames at Katsuki.
• Katsuki made the Mud Golem launch a colossal boulder that scattered the flames and sent the Four-Tails crashing back into the lava lake.

Suikazan Fuguki summoned Juzo Biwa and Ringo Ameyuri to discuss the war against Konoha and the Fourth Mizukage’s drastic change in behavior. Fuguki claimed that the current Fourth Mizukage was not the real one, leaving Juzo and Ringo demanding an explanation.

• A Mist Ninja delivered Fuguki’s summons, and Juzo went to his tent with Kubikiribōchō.
• Juzo found Fuguki and Ringo Ameyuri waiting and joined them at the table.
• Fuguki described Konoha’s powerful offensive and criticized the decision to go to war.
• Juzo warned Fuguki to speak carefully, but Fuguki said Samehada was guarding them and claimed the Fourth Mizukage was not the real Mizukage.
• Juzo gripped Kubikiribōchō and demanded that Fuguki explain, while Ringo sat up and watched.

Suikazan Fuguki suspected that the Fourth Mizukage had been replaced or controlled and persuaded Juzo Biwa and Ringo Ameyuri to investigate. Meanwhile, Katsuki gained the upper hand against the Four-Tails in the Land of Grass, leaving the tailed beast blinded by grit and facing the Mud Golem’s fist.

• Suikazan Fuguki told Juzo Biwa and Ringo Ameyuri that he suspected the Fourth Mizukage was no longer the Karatachi Shitsukura they had known, though he had no proof.
• Juzo Biwa agreed to investigate on his own terms, while Ringo Ameyuri reluctantly offered to help if she had time.
• Samehada reacted violently, and Suikazan Fuguki announced that Konoha’s guests had arrived as Ringo Ameyuri readied Thunder Fang.
• Katsuki used a Water Wall to cool the Four-Tails’ lava bombs, then had the Mud Golem knock the stone spheres into the beast.
• Katsuki’s Earth Dragon crumbled under the Four-Tails’ green flames, but the resulting sand blew into its eyes, leaving it exposed to the Mud Golem’s fist.

Katsuki used clones, barriers, and golden chains to trap Ōnoki after badly injuring the Four-Tails, while Ōnoki struggled with exhaustion and regret over his campaign against Konoha. Ōnoki broke through Katsuki’s barrier with Dust Release and escaped through the opening.

• Katsuki’s Mud Golem punched the Four-Tails in the nose, then battered it with stone shells until it was gravely wounded.
• Ōnoki destroyed the Mud Golem with Dust Release, but Katsuki had hidden underground and used clones to locate Ōnoki’s true body.
• Katsuki pursued Ōnoki through the clouds with golden chains and barrier platforms, while Ōnoki destroyed the clones with Dust Release.
• Ōnoki, exhausted and nearly out of chakra, reflected on his failed push south and Konoha’s strength before deciding not to surrender.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release to cut through Katsuki’s emerald barrier and flew through the opening.

Katsuki pursued Ōnoki after he escaped the Six Pillars Void Realm, while news of the Stone Ninja army’s crushing defeat reached Kumogakure. The Third Raikage ordered A and Killer B to avoid provoking Konoha and sent out more scouts as he withheld any military response.

• Ōnoki blasted through the Six Pillars Void Realm with Dust Release and fled toward the Stone Ninja army, so Katsuki pursued him on a surge of lightning.
• A read an urgent report that the Stone Ninja army had been crushed, Ōnoki had likely fallen to Konoha’s red-haired calamity, and the Sand Ninja had attacked the Land of Earth.
• Killer B rapped about the red-haired Kage Slayer, and A punched him before asking the Third Raikage what Kumogakure should do.
• The Third Raikage warned A and Killer B not to provoke Konoha and ordered them back to Cloudy Thunder Gorge to continue training.
• The Third Raikage chose not to send troops and dispatched more than a dozen groups to gather intelligence.

After the Stone and Mist Ninja submitted to Konoha, Katsuki learned that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had tried to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage and discussed Kirigakure’s history of rebellion with his companions. He then took them to see the captured Five-Tails Jinchuriki, whom he planned to use in an experiment.

• Kitsuchi seized power as the Fourth Tsuchikage, crushed opposition, and surrendered to Konoha while fighting the Sand Ninja.
• The Mist Ninja withdrew after a rebellion in which two of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen attacked the Fourth Mizukage; one died and the other escaped.
• Katsuki and his companions discussed how many of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen remained and heard Rokuro Kaguya describe Kirigakure’s frequent rebellions.
• Yuki Yoizuki told Katsuki that the captured Jinchuriki had awakened and was making a great commotion.
• Katsuki led Nawaki, Otoha, and Rokuro to the prison, where he revealed that he planned to conduct an experiment on the bound Five-Tails Jinchuriki.

Katsuki began an experiment on Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, after the sleeping medication keeping him subdued stopped working. He extracted the Five-Tails' chakra while Han discovered that the tailed beast was too weakened to help him.

• Ōnoki died in a self-destructive attack that failed to harm Katsuki, and the Stone Ninja forces were defeated.
• Katsuki opened Han's cell and removed most of his restraints as Han challenged him to fight.
• Han entered his inner world and found the Five-Tails shackled and unable to help because most of its chakra had been sealed away.
• Han woke to find Katsuki's hand inside his abdomen, searching for the Five-Tails' chakra.
• Katsuki pulled a crimson glow from Han, and Yuki Yoizuki, Nawaki, and Otoha recognized it as the Five-Tails' chakra.

Katsuki examined the connection between the Five-Tails and Han, discovering why extracting a tailed beast killed its Jinchuriki and finding no way to safely sever their bond. He kept Han alive as experimental material, took charge of continuing the research, and left Rokuro Kaguya to command the army.

• Katsuki materialized and studied the Five-Tails' chakra, explaining that he intended to free Han from being a Jinchuriki.
• Katsuki examined Han's body and concluded that the tailed beast's chakra had replaced and permeated Han's own chakra, making safe extraction impossible.
• Katsuki let the Five-Tails' chakra return to Han, healed his wound, and dismissed the others' calls to kill him.
• Katsuki appointed Rokuro Kaguya to command the army and said he might know the cause of the Kaguya Clan's Bloodline Disease.
• Katsuki resumed cutting open Han's chest to continue his research.

Katsuki continued experimenting on Han to find a way to separate a tailed beast from its Jinchuriki. With the war ending and Konoha preparing to leave the Land of Grass, Katsuki provoked Han into attacking him and began his final experiment.

• Katsuki studied Han and reflected on the difficulty of separating the tailed beast’s chakra from its host as Han begged to be killed.
• Katsuki read a letter announcing that the Sand Ninja and Stone Ninja war had ended and said he would settle things with Han before returning to the village.
• Katsuki taunted Han until Han broke his chains and attacked him with a powerful punch.
• Katsuki caught Han’s fist, crushed the bones in his hand, and endured Han’s blows without injury.
• Katsuki shattered the bones in Han’s other arm and sent him crashing into the straw, then announced that he would begin the final experiment.

Katsuki extracted the Five-Tails from Han with the Uzumaki technique Empty Cup to test whether rapid medical treatment and Katsuki’s blood could prevent a Jinchuriki from dying after extraction. Han’s condition worsened beyond the seventy-percent threshold, and the chapter ended before the experiment’s result was revealed.

• Katsuki restrained Han, released the extra seals, and began extracting the Five-Tails with Empty Cup.
• Katsuki and his shadow clones monitored Han as his cells deteriorated during the extraction.
• When the extraction reached fifty percent, Katsuki’s shadow clones used Healing Jutsu while Katsuki fed Han his blood.
• The extraction passed seventy percent, Han convulsed, and the shadow clones continued treating his rapidly deteriorating cells.
• Katsuki’s blood and the clones’ healing were used to counter Han’s collapse, but the outcome remained unknown.

Kushina helped a drunken Tsunade get home and recover, while the waiting army in the Land of Grass finally saw Katsuki emerge from the dungeon after more than three days. Katsuki dragged out the living Han, but Otoha sensed that the Five-Tails’ presence had disappeared.

• Kushina encountered Tsunade drunk in the street and supported her back to her apartment.
• Kushina cared for Tsunade, who recovered from her hangover and asked her not to tell Nawaki about the drinking.
• In the Land of Grass, Nawaki and the others waited for Katsuki to emerge from the dungeon as the army’s departure time approached.
• Katsuki opened the dungeon gate after more than three days and came out dragging Han, the Five-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Otoha recognized Han was alive but sensed that the Five-Tails’ presence was gone.

Katsuki revealed that he had become the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and that his experiment had allowed Han to survive the extraction. After Konoha's forces departed, the Grass Ninja celebrated their relief while their leader worried about Kusagakure's dependence on powerful allies.

• Katsuki tossed the barely breathing Han to Otoha, who confirmed that Han no longer had any Tailed Beast chakra.
• Katsuki revealed that he was now the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and demonstrated his crimson Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Katsuki explained that Han's survival, rather than his own new Jinchuriki status, was the true result of his experiment and could offer hope for freeing Kushina from the Nine-Tails.
• Katsuki sent most of the group back to the village and told Rokuro Kaguya they would discuss his concern later.
• After Konoha's army departed, the Grass Ninja expressed relief, while their leader reflected on Konoha's power and feared Kusagakure's future dependence on it.

Katsuki returned to Konoha as a celebrated hero after killing the Third Tsuchikage and capturing the Five-Tails Jinchuriki. He revealed that he planned to free Kushina from the Nine-Tails by changing its container, leaving Orochimaru and the Third Hokage stunned.

• Orochimaru and Konoha's leaders welcomed Katsuki and his returning forces at the village gates.
• Orochimaru asked Katsuki about the Five-Tails, and Katsuki explained that he had become its Jinchuriki to find a way to free Kushina from the Nine-Tails.
• Katsuki told Orochimaru he wanted to change the Nine-Tails' container and said he would seek help from several clans.
• Orochimaru visited the Third Hokage and told him Katsuki had become the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and intended to replace Kushina as the Nine-Tails' container.
• The Third Hokage listened as Orochimaru explained how Katsuki captured the Stone Ninja's Jinchuriki, extracted the Five-Tails, and sealed it inside himself.

Orochimaru told the Third Hokage that the Second Hokage’s hidden notebook confirmed Madara Uchiha’s corpse had vanished after the Battle of the End Valley, reinforcing the belief that Madara survived. Meanwhile, Katsuki asked Rokuro Kaguya and Kaguya Hitomi what they thought caused the Kaguya Clan’s Bloodline Disease, leaving Hitomi to describe it as something harmful within their Kekkei Genkai.

• The Third Hokage and Orochimaru discussed possible successors, Jiraiya’s investigation of Madara Uchiha, and the lack of recent findings.
• Orochimaru revealed that a notebook left by the Second Hokage recorded that Madara Uchiha’s corpse had disappeared after the Battle of the End Valley.
• The Third Hokage concluded that Madara Uchiha had likely survived, while Orochimaru considered handing the investigation to Katsuki.
• Kaguya Hitomi visited Katsuki with Rokuro Kaguya, whose Bloodline Disease had left him gravely ill.
• Katsuki asked Rokuro Kaguya and Kaguya Hitomi what they believed Bloodline Disease was, and Hitomi suggested it came from something harmful within their Kekkei Genkai.

Katsuki rejected the idea that the Kaguya Clan’s Shikotsumyaku was inherently defective, explaining how tailed beast chakra harms Jinchuriki and suggesting that Kekkei Genkai can also burden the body. He left Rokuro considering whether that theory could explain the clan’s Bloodline Disease.

• Rokuro Kaguya agreed with Kaguya Hibiki that the Shikotsumyaku must have an inherent flaw, and Katsuki called the theory nonsense.
• Katsuki asked Rokuro about Jinchuriki dying when their tailed beasts were extracted, then compared a Jinchuriki to a cup holding water.
• Katsuki argued that tailed beast chakra is unlike ordinary chakra and corrodes a Jinchuriki’s body, while also keeping the body from quickly succumbing to that damage.
• Rokuro wondered whether Katsuki’s explanation could apply to Kekkei Genkai, and Katsuki said such powers transcend the ordinary but usually place less strain on the body.

Katsuki explained that Shikotsumyaku’s Bloodline Disease might result from its overwhelming power harming the user’s body, and Rokuro Kaguya asked him to help the clan. After Rokuro and Hitomi left, Kushina told Katsuki that Minato had proposed to her, then punched him when he joked about becoming an uncle.

• Katsuki theorized that Shikotsumyaku’s Bloodline Disease came from the body being unable to withstand the Kekkei Genkai’s full power.
• Rokuro Kaguya said curing the disease mattered more than making Shikotsumyaku stronger, then knelt and asked Katsuki for help.
• Katsuki promised to investigate the disease, and Rokuro and Hitomi pledged the Kaguya Clan’s loyalty to the Uzumaki Clan.
• Katsuki reflected on his curiosity about Shikotsumyaku after seeing Rokuro and Hitomi off.
• Kushina told Katsuki that Minato had proposed to her, and Katsuki joked that he thought he was about to become an uncle.
• Kushina punched Katsuki through a courtyard wall after he teased her, then admitted she had learned a powerful move from Tsunade.