Chapter Summaries

Yūske infiltrated the Sunagakure camp and used Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag to destroy supplies, then ordered Konoha to continue guerrilla attacks. Chiyo and Rasa confronted him, and he blocked their coordinated assault with Shield of White Threads.

• Yūske planted Explosive Tags throughout the Sunagakure camp and escaped back to Konoha before detonating them.
• Rasa used Golden Sand and Sunagakure ninja used Water Style to protect survivors, limiting casualties but leaving the camp and its supplies damaged.
• Chiyo ordered her subordinates to move the remaining supplies, while Yūske told Konoha's forces to press the advantage and target Sunagakure's supplies.
• Rasa and Chiyo appeared before Yūske, who sent his allies to scatter and face the two leaders himself.
• Chiyo and Rasa attacked Yūske together, and he awakened his powers to form Shield of White Threads and block their assault.

Watanabe Yūske used his Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan against Chiyo and Rasa, then secretly prepared a vast Bird Cage with a String Clone. He trapped and killed more than a hundred Sunagakure ninjas, prompting Rasa to attack him with Gold Sand Spear.

• Watanabe Yūske evaded Chiyo's puppet attack with the Flying Thunder God Technique, confirming Chiyo's suspicion that he had mastered Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Rasa attacked Watanabe Yūske with gold sand, but Yūske struck him with a Rasengan and Rasa escaped through Sand Substitution.
• Chiyo sent the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu after Yūske, who released his Yin Seal and used a String Clone to create a Bird Cage around the battlefield.
• Watanabe Yūske attacked more than a hundred Sunagakure ninjas moving supplies, binding them in strings as they screamed.
• Rasa retaliated with Magnet Release: Gold Sand Spear, launching drill-shaped gold sand at Yūske.

Yūske defeated the Sunagakure forces inside his Bird Cage and opened a way for the surviving Konoha shinobi to retreat. With his chakra nearly exhausted, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to keep attacking as Chiyo, Rasa, and the remaining Sunagakure shinobi fought to escape.

• Yūske broke Rasa’s Sand Armor, and Chiyo recognized that he had sealed the area with a Bird Cage.
• Chiyo ordered the Sunagakure jonin to keep Yūske busy while she helped Rasa retreat, and the jonin charged into battle.
• Yūske sent an assembly signal, gathered the surviving Konoha shinobi, and opened a gap in the Bird Cage for them to leave.
• Yūske unleashed Thousand Arrows Piercing Heart: Feather Strike: Lightning against the remaining Sunagakure shinobi, overwhelming many of them despite their defenses.
• The Sunagakure shinobi tried to break open the cage and cover Chiyo and Rasa’s retreat, while Yūske, nearly out of chakra, charged among them using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Yūske defeated more than half of the Sunagakure force, dispelled his Bird Cage, and joined Konoha’s reinforcements with his chakra restored. Chiyo arranged Rasa’s escape and held Yūske off while the remaining Sunagakure ninja fought or fled.

• Yūske used the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Five-Colored String to kill Sunagakure ninja inside the Bird Cage as Konoha’s forces formed a second line outside.
• Yūske dispelled the Bird Cage, restored his chakra, and summoned Sarutobi, which grew to more than thirty meters tall.
• Du sensed that Watanabe Yūske’s chakra had completely recovered, and Chiyo decided to cover Rasa’s retreat.
• Chiyo’s forces concealed unconscious Rasa in a puppet and scattered to escape while Sunagakure rear guards fought Konoha and Sarutobi.
• Chiyo attacked Yūske to prevent him from pursuing Rasa, and Yūske ordered Konoha’s ninja to eliminate or capture the remaining Sunagakure ninja.

Yūske defeated the Sunagakure forces, captured Chiyo alive, and led the surviving Konoha ninja away with their prisoners. Pakura took temporary command of the scattered Sunagakure forces and ordered them to retreat into the Land of Wind.

• Yūske used Parasitic String to disable Chiyo’s Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu, then bound and captured her alive.
• With Chiyo subdued, the Konoha ninja overwhelmed the Sunagakure forces, killing nearly half, capturing the rest, and allowing a few to escape.
• Yūske and the remaining Konoha ninja escorted more than a hundred Sunagakure prisoners away from the battlefield.
• Pakura returned to the ruined battlefield and learned that Yūske had defeated the camp and captured Chiyo.
• Pakura ordered the remaining Sunagakure ninja to gather their comrades and withdraw into the Land of Wind.

After Yūske led Konoha to a decisive victory over Sunagakure, Hiruzen Sarutobi publicized his accomplishments and ordered the captured prisoners sent to the village. Yūske woke in camp and directed further interception operations while his forces awaited Konoha’s decision on the Land of Wind front.

• Yūske returned to Konoha’s camp asleep from exhaustion, while Sarutobi and Aburame Shiho watched over him and the captured Sunagakure ninja remained under Shikaku Nara’s supervision.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received the report that Yūske’s 500 ninja had killed more than 1,400 enemies, captured 169 including Chiyo, and suffered 188 deaths.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Konoha’s leaders to publicize the victory and ordered a hundred-man unit to escort the prisoners back to the village.
• Konoha’s publicity efforts spread news of Yūske’s victory across the shinobi world, making him famous.
• Yūske woke that afternoon, insisted he had only fainted from exhaustion, and ordered his ninja to intercept Sunagakure forces remaining in the Land of Rivers.

Danzo accelerated his secret plans against Yūske after Yūske’s victory drew public attention away from Hatake Sakumo’s disgrace. Kurenai Yūhi visited the despondent Sakumo, challenged him to reconsider who had condemned him, and delivered a letter from Yūske before Sakumo could seek death.

• Danzo became enraged that villagers were praising Yūske and ordered his trusted subordinates to advance their plans against him.
• Kurenai Yūhi and his companions joined Yūske’s prisoner escort, giving them a legitimate reason to return to Konoha.
• Kurenai Yūhi found Hatake Sakumo drinking alone and asked whether he regretted saving his comrades; Sakumo said he would make the same choice again.
• Kurenai Yūhi argued that Sakumo may have been condemned by people pursuing their own interests and named Shimura Danzō as Yūske’s suspected culprit.
• Sakumo said he might atone through death, so Kurenai Yūhi angrily handed him a letter Yūske had sent to prevent him from taking his own life.

Yūske’s letter persuaded Hatake Sakumo to abandon thoughts of death and return to life as an ordinary Konoha ninja, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders pressured Chiyo in prison to write a letter that could end the war. The chapter left Chiyo refusing to yield as Konoha threatened an invasion of the Land of Wind.

• Shinku delivered Yūske’s letter, and Hatake Sakumo read it until his resolve returned.
• Hatake Sakumo put aside his wine, declared that Konoha’s White Fang was dead, and asked Shinku to tell Yūske that he was now an ordinary Konoha ninja.
• Shinku brought Kakashi out of hiding, and Kakashi thanked him as Shinku left the father and son together.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Chiyo in Konoha Prison and asked about the Third Kazekage’s disappearance.
• Chiyo accused Konoha of targeting Sunagakure and demanded that Watanabe Yūske be handed over, but Hiruzen refused.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu gave Chiyo pen and paper, demanding that she write a letter to stop the war and warning that Yūske could invade the Land of Wind.

After Chiyo was captured, Sunagakure chose Rasa as its Fourth Kazekage amid the war and village turmoil. Chiyo sent word that Konoha offered to release the prisoners and proposed an alliance, leaving Rasa and the elders to decide whether to accept.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi denied that Konoha had assassinated the Third Kazekage and left Chiyo in her prison cell.
• Sunagakure abandoned its search for the Third Kazekage and chose Rasa over Pakura as the Fourth Kazekage.
• Rasa convened a meeting to discuss rescuing Chiyo, but an intelligence operative delivered a letter from her.
• Rasa read that Chiyo doubted Konoha was responsible for the Third Kazekage's disappearance and that Konoha offered to release the prisoners in exchange for an alliance against Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
• Ebizo verified Chiyo's handwriting and supported Rasa, while Pakura objected and Bunpuku urged cooperation.
• Rasa proposed a vote on the alliance, and Bunpuku offered to take responsibility for tearing up the agreement if the decision went badly.

Yūske escorted Rasa to Konoha, where Sunagakure and Konoha formalized their alliance. After the treaty was signed, Yūske rejected Sunagakure’s request for money and bought its remaining mineral wealth, while Hatake Sakumo received permission to join the battlefield under Yūske’s command.

• Rasa arrived at Yūske’s camp as the Fourth Kazekage to retrieve Sunagakure’s companions and sign an alliance agreement, while Pakura challenged Yūske and Rasa told her to apologize.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for permission to reinforce Jiraiya and Tsunade, and Hiruzen approved on the condition that Sakumo serve as Yūske’s guard and follow his orders.
• Yūske escorted Rasa and the Sunagakure delegation to Konoha, where they met Mitokado Homura and the Hokage.
• After two days, Konoha and Sunagakure’s alliance became public, and Konoha released Chiyo and the other Sunagakure prisoners after the treaty was signed.
• Yūske refused Sunagakure’s request for money and negotiated a deal to buy its remaining mineral wealth, forcing Rasa to send people mining again.
• Yūske wrote a letter and had it delivered to the Daimyo.

Karatachi Yagura and Kirigakure's elders planned to enter the war by allying with Iwagakure and attacking Konoha when the fighting resumed. On the way to the Land of Lightning front, Yūske ordered his subordinates to monitor the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and search for the Three-Tails, then arrived at camp to join Tsunade and Jiraiya.

• Karatachi Yagura discussed Iwagakure's alliance offer with Kirigakure's elders and planned a surprise attack on Konoha during the next major battle.
• Kirigakure's intelligence chief presented Watanabe Yūske's dossier, and Genji warned that ninja who encountered him could abandon their missions.
• After receiving Shimura Maki's message on the road, Yūske told Aburame Shiho to have Maki and Sen Taku monitor the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and search for the Three-Tails.
• Aburame Shiho sent Yūske's orders to Maki and the Third Hokage while Yūske's force continued toward the Land of Lightning front.
• Yūske arrived at the camp the next day, where Tsunade and Jiraiya welcomed him.

Yūske took command of Konoha’s forces on the Land of Lightning Front, then discussed the war and his plans with Tsunade. He revealed that Kirigakure might soon attack and that he intended to seek permission to invade the Land of Water and capture the Three-Tails.

• Yūske arrived at camp with Tsunade and Jiraiya, took the commander-in-chief’s seat, and accepted command without objection from the troops.
• After the evening meeting, Yūske and Tsunade left camp and grew intimate beneath the moonlight.
• Yūske promised Tsunade they would travel together after the war, then explained that his chakra was depleted and that he hoped the enemy would not deploy a tailed beast too soon.
• Yūske told Tsunade that becoming the Three-Tails’ Jinchuriki could help him improve, and reassured her that he would never target Kushina.
• Yūske revealed that Maki had reported Kirigakure might enter the war at any time and could target Konoha.
• Yūske said he planned to request permission to invade the Land of Water once the war began, and showed Tsunade the Eight Trigrams Seal scroll he had studied using Mito’s notes.

After the Third Raikage declared he would lead an elite force into battle, Yūske and Konoha’s commanders planned how to meet the threat. Yūske took responsibility for facing the Raikage and ordered the army to prepare, leaving the chapter with Konoha mobilizing for a decisive battle.

• Kumogakure’s Third Raikage declared that he would personally enter the war and lead an elite force in a decisive battle against Konoha.
• Yūske and the commanders discussed the Third Raikage’s strength and the threats posed by the next A and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Yūske assigned himself to face the Third Raikage, Minato and Hatake Sakumo to fight the next A, and Jiraiya to hold back the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Yūske tasked Nara Shikamaru with coordinating the battle and ordered the Intelligence Department to report the situation and prepare a second line of defense if needed.
• Yūske ordered Konoha’s forces to recall combat squads, reinforce patrols, prepare medical sites, and increase food and supply preparations.

As Kumogakure launched an offensive under the Third Raikage, Yūske and Minato rushed to reinforce Konoha's embattled forces. The Third Raikage overwhelmed the battlefield and targeted Jiraiya, who struggled to hold out while waiting for Yūske.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried about the Third Raikage and the possibility that Killer B would unleash the Eight-Tails, but trusted Yūske's strength and Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Yūske assigned Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya to command separate forces and prepare to relay intelligence about Kumogakure's movements.
• When Kumogakure attacked, Yūske left Luzhen in charge and hurried to support the battlefield with Minato.
• Hatake Sakumo fought the future A and Killer B while Jiraiya battled several Kumogakure elite jonin.
• The Third Raikage activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and charged toward Jiraiya, who feared he would not survive until Yūske arrived.

Yūske held off the Third Raikage while Jiraiya and Minato fought to protect the Konoha forces until reinforcements arrived. After an Anbu brought intelligence that Kirigakure was preparing to join the war, Yūske and the Third Raikage agreed to get serious as the Eight-Tails entered the battle.

• Yūske blocked the Third Raikage’s attack with Spider’s Nest and drew him away from Jiraiya, while Minato attacked the Kumogakure elite jonin.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamakichi and rallied the Konoha ninja, then used Toad Oil Flame Bullet against Blue B’s position.
• Yūske evaded the Third Raikage’s punches with Flying Thunder God and learned from an Anbu that Kirigakure was preparing to enter the war.
• A Tailed Beast Ball exploded on the battlefield, and Yūske and the Third Raikage decided to fight seriously.

Yūske fought the Third Raikage with his space-time ninjutsu and Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, while Tsunade and Konoha reinforcements arrived to support Jiraiya against the Eight-Tails. The duel continued as the Third Raikage uncovered how Yūske activated his teleportation technique and attacked him at even greater speed.

• Yūske used his threads to mark the Third Raikage, then teleported behind him and struck him with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
• Tsunade arrived with Katsuyu and ordered her to treat the wounded, then joined Jiraiya and Gamakichi against the Eight-Tails.
• Yūske attacked the Third Raikage again, but the Raikage endured the Rasenshuriken and broke through Yūske's Shield of White Threads with Hell Stab: Three Fingers Thrust.
• The Third Raikage deduced that Yūske's threads enabled his Space-Time Ninjutsu, and Yūske confirmed his conclusion.
• The Third Raikage charged Yūske with a powerful punch, and Yūske dodged at the last moment.

Watanabe Yūske fought the Third Raikage, relying on Flying Thunder God, chakra threads, traps, and three opened gates to counter the Raikage’s speed and overwhelming defense. The Third Raikage endured his attacks and launched a Two-Finger Nukite at Yūske.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Gamakichi fought the Eight-Tails while Tsunade treated Gamakichi’s injuries.
• Hatake Sakumo battled the next generation A-B Combo as Nara Shikamaru commanded several thousand ninja.
• Watanabe Yūske dodged the Third Raikage’s attacks and countered with chakra threads, but their clash sent both fighters flying.
• Yūske opened the first three of the Eight Inner Gates, then used Flying Thunder God and chakra threads to attack the Third Raikage.
• Yūske lured the Third Raikage into a concealed thread trap, but the Raikage withstood the attack and charged with Hell Stab, Two-Finger Nukite.

Yūske and the Third Raikage fought with their strongest attacks until Yūske gained the upper hand, but reinforcements interrupted the duel before either could continue. The Third Raikage admitted defeat and was escorted away while the two sides remained at war.

• Yūske used God Slaying Strike against the Third Raikage’s Hell Stab One-Handed Thrust, and the two attacks initially met in a stalemate.
• Yūske opened the Fourth Gate and began suppressing the Third Raikage, while Kumogakure reinforcements rushed toward them and the Uchiha Five moved to intercept.
• Yūske blocked the arriving Kumogakure ninjas’ attacks, and the Uchiha Five engaged them, giving the Third Raikage a chance to break free from God Slaying Strike.
• Tsunade reached Yūske and treated him as more ninjas gathered, leaving both exhausted fighters unable to continue their duel.
• The Third Raikage admitted that Yūske had defeated him, then his medical ninja ordered the Shadow Guard to escort him away.
• Yūske teased the departing Third Raikage about fighting again, and Tsunade scolded him while both armies stayed on guard.

After recovering from his battle with the Third Raikage, Yūske questioned Yakushi Nonō about her work for Danzo and the financial trouble facing her Orphanage. He offered to fund the Orphanage, leaving Nonō to consider his proposal.

• Aburame Shiho received an urgent intelligence report from Baku and brought it to Tsunade while Yūske slept.
• Yūske woke in the Medical Department and learned from Yakushi Nonō that Tsunade had returned to the battlefield.
• Yūske recognized Yakushi Nonō as one of Danzo's people and asked her to follow him.
• Yūske revealed that he knew about Nonō's planned spying mission in Kumogakure and Danzo's potential control of the Orphanage's funding.
• Yakushi Nonō explained that she made sacrifices to protect those she cared about, and Yūske offered to fund her Orphanage.

Yūske offered to free Yakushi Nonō and the Orphanage children from Danzo’s control, while Konoha’s leaders debated how to respond to Kirigakure’s invasion. After learning that Yūske had defeated the Third Raikage, Uchiha Fugaku suggested sending him to the Land of Water battlefield.

• Yūske told Yakushi Nonō he could take her and the Orphanage children away from Danzo, and asked her to train the children who wanted to become registered Konoha ninja.
• Two days later, Hiruzen Sarutobi convened a meeting after Kirigakure invaded, and the village’s leaders debated whether they could spare forces from the Land of Lightning front.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received a report that Yūske had held off and defeated the Third Raikage, though both sides suffered severe injuries.
• Uchiha Fugaku suggested sending Yūske to the Land of Water battlefield.