Chapter Summaries

The Third Raikage woke in Konoha’s hospital camp and learned he was being kept there while Konoha handled his recovery and Kumogakure’s compensation. Meanwhile, Salamander Hanzo realized Kumogakure’s surrender had left Amegakure in a dire position, but he still intended to strengthen his country by subduing the Akatsuki Organization.

• Might Duy told the Third Raikage that he could not leave Konoha’s camp, and the injured Raikage reopened his wounds when he tried to rise.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina visited the Third Raikage, with Kushina reinforcing his seal and Minato explaining that Tsunade and Luzhen were handling compensation.
• Minato said the Fourth Hokage had left Senior Duy behind as protection and praised Duy’s strength to the Third Raikage.
• Salamander Hanzo learned that Kumogakure had surrendered after he had already sent his trusted vanguard to join the conflict.
• Hanzo feared Kumogakure might ally with Konoha, but he continued to plan to subdue the Akatsuki Organization and strengthen Amegakure.

Yūske arrived at the Konoha camp, confirmed his identity, and reunited with Orochimaru, promising support for his research under strict limits. Their reunion was interrupted by news that Uchiha Obito had disappeared and Kakashi had been injured.

• Konoha shinobi verified Yūske’s identity with the Sharingan of his Uchiha guards, then welcomed him as Hokage.
• Yūske promised Orochimaru corpses and a laboratory after the war, while requiring his approval for searches for experimental materials.
• Orochimaru introduced his disciple Anko Mitarashi, and Yūske promised to pay for her dango.
• Yūske asked about Kakashi and the others, and Orochimaru reported that Uchiha Obito was missing, Rin was safe, and Kakashi’s left eye was injured.

Yūske questioned Nohara Rin about Uchiha Obito’s disappearance and learned how Obito sacrificed himself to save Hatake Kakashi. He promised Rin that Kakashi could keep Obito’s Sharingan and arranged for Tsunade to take Rin as her disciple, while Obito remained missing beneath the rubble.

• Yūske questioned Nohara Rin and Hatake Kakashi about Uchiha Obito, and Kakashi blamed himself for Obito’s disappearance.
• Yūske rejected Kakashi’s request to become a Jonin, criticizing his fragile resolve, then took Rin aside to hear her account.
• Rin explained that Stone Ninja ambushed the team, Kakashi was injured, and Obito awakened his Sharingan before being crushed by a boulder while saving Kakashi.
• Rin said the Stone Ninja vanished after the collapse and asked Yūske to keep Obito’s Sharingan from the Uchiha Clan.
• Yūske assured Rin that Kakashi could keep the Sharingan and said he would have Tsunade take Rin as her disciple.

Yūske and Orochimaru speculated that Uchiha Madara had orchestrated Uchiha Obito’s abduction, then Yūske sent the Inuzuka Clan to track Obito using his clothing. The Inuzuka found a trail marked by broken stones and bloodstains, and hurried to report back to Yūske.

• Orochimaru questioned Yūske about the spies, and Yūske called for Inuzuka Clan members to help locate Uchiha Obito.
• Orochimaru reasoned that Madara had caused the Nine-Tails rampage and that the Stone Ninja’s real target had been Obito; Yūske admitted he wanted to see how strong Madara was.
• Inuzuka Gakuto and the clan members arrived with their dogs, and Yūske gave them Obito’s clothing to track its owner.
• Maru picked up Obito’s scent, and the Inuzuka followed it to a spot where the trail grew stronger.
• The Inuzuka found broken stones and bloodstains, and Gakuto ordered a clan member to return and report to Yūske.

Uchiha Obito awoke underground, where Uchiha Madara had rescued him and revealed his identity. As White Zetsu reported that Konoha had found the hideout, Yūske and the Inuzuka Clan investigated the rubble where Obito’s scent had disappeared.

• Uchiha Obito awoke in Madara’s underground hideout and learned that Uchiha Madara had saved him from the collapsed rocks.
• Uchiha Madara told Obito he would have to repay the favor, and Obito reacted in disbelief to learning Madara was alive.
• White Zetsu reported that the Inuzuka Clan had discovered the hideout, while Obito tried to crawl away to return to Rin and Kakashi.
• Yūske and Inuzuka Gakuto traced Obito’s scent to a pile of rubble, and Yūske suspected the trail led underground.
• A concealed White Zetsu recognized Yūske as a troublesome arrival and slipped away to warn Uchiha Madara.

Uchiha Madara moved Obito and prepared to confront Yūske after learning the Hokage had found their hideout. When the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path roared, Madara regained a youthful body and a Sharingan in his empty right socket, leaving Yūske to face him.

• Madara put Obito to sleep, ordered White Zetsu to move him and inform Tobi, and decided to confront the person threatening his plans.
• Yūske and the Inuzuka Clan tracked Obito to a vast chamber, where they found Madara beside the empty stone bed.
• Madara refused to reveal Obito’s whereabouts, and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path roared, injuring the Inuzuka and their dogs.
• Yūske opened the chamber ceiling with his threads and ordered the Inuzuka to clear out Konoha’s ninjas, guard against Ōnoki, and have Orochimaru monitor the battle.
• Madara’s hair and body returned to youth, and a Three-Tomoe Sharingan formed in his right eye socket.
• Yūske attacked with String Spear, but Madara recognized the Flying Thunder God formulas in the threads and dodged the first strike.

Yūske fought Uchiha Madara after refusing his offer to join forces, and Madara brought out his Susanoo. At the camp, Orochimaru stayed behind to guard against Iwagakure, while Nohara Rin and Hatake Kakashi learned that Obito was not found in Madara’s cave.

• Yūske blocked Uchiha Madara’s Majestic Destroyer Flame with a Water Release technique fueled by the Three-Tails’ chakra.
• Uchiha Madara offered Yūske an alliance to impose peace on the ninja world, but Yūske rejected him and called him a relic of the past.
• Yūske and Uchiha Madara fought outside the cave, and Madara used his Second Stage Susanoo to block Yūske’s Five-Colored String.
• After hearing that Uchiha Madara had appeared, Orochimaru prepared to leave camp, but Inuzuka Gakuto told him to obey the Hokage’s orders and guard against Iwagakure.
• Nohara Rin asked Inuzuka Gakuto about Obito, and he said the search party had found only Uchiha Madara in the cave.

Watanabe Yūske fought Uchiha Madara, breaking through Susanoo’s defense with Armament Haki and wounding him. As Ōnoki and Orochimaru’s forces gathered nearby, Madara acknowledged Yūske as a worthy opponent.

• Uchiha Madara attacked Yūske with Susanoo’s blades, but Yūske’s chakra threads failed to stop the assault.
• Yūske used Flying Thunder God formulas to appear inside Susanoo and launched a Rasenshuriken, prompting Madara to reveal the Rinnegan and absorb it with the Preta Path.
• Yūske struck Madara with sixteen Armament Haki-coated Giant Wave White Strings, piercing his body before Madara repelled them with Shinra Tensei.
• Ōnoki arrived and chose to wait for the fighters to weaken each other, while Orochimaru ordered his troops to confront the nearby stone ninja and stop Ōnoki.
• Madara praised Yūske’s strength, and Yūske taunted Madara as they continued their battle.

Watanabe Yūske rejected Uchiha Madara’s offer and faced his Wood Release while Madara fought with the limited time his restored body allowed. At the same time, Kushina’s seal prevented Madara from summoning the Nine-Tails, and Tsunade prepared to lead reinforcements to Yūske.

• Uchiha Madara praised Watanabe Yūske’s strength, offered to create a new world together, and was rejected again.
• Uchiha Madara attempted to summon the Nine-Tails, but Kushina’s reinforced seal kept it from leaving her, alerting Konoha to his actions.
• Tsunade announced that she would take five hundred men to support Yūske and insisted Konoha honor his terms for war reparations.
• Uchiha Madara admitted his restored vitality would last no more than a day and vowed to kill Watanabe Yūske.
• Uchiha Madara unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and Yūske countered with Armament Haki-coated threads that cut through the trees.
• Yūske sent a concentrated attack of threads toward Uchiha Madara, who answered with a surge of ocular power.

Yūske and Uchiha Madara continued their battle, escalating their attacks as Madara revealed the third stage of Susanoo. Their clashes shook the battlefield, while Ōnoki and the others watched tensely from afar.

• Orochimaru stopped Ōnoki from approaching the fight, while Konoha and the Stone Ninja remained locked in a wary standoff.
• Ōnoki and the others saw Madara’s enormous Susanoo emerge after Yūske’s threads broke through Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence.
• Madara attacked with Yasakani no Magatama, and Yūske blocked the barrage behind his Shield of White Threads.
• Yūske used String Giant, Armament Haki Reinforcement, and Flying Thunder God Technique to attack Susanoo with twin blades.
• Yūske and Madara exchanged powerful strikes as their battle widened and devastated the surrounding battlefield.

Yūske and Uchiha Madara pushed their battle to new extremes as Madara unleashed Complete Body Susanoo and Yūske countered with his String Domain. After Shinra Tensei sent them flying, both returned to the battlefield exhausted, with Madara’s original Susanoo near collapse.

• Uchiha Madara unleashed a massive fire attack, but Yūske escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique and trapped Madara’s Susanoo with water, threads, and explosive tags.
• Uchiha Madara transformed his Susanoo into its Complete Body form, while Yūske enlarged the black giant and faced him in the air.
• Uchiha Madara created five Susanoo clones and surrounded Yūske, but Yūske ensnared all six with his String Domain.
• The Susanoo clones attacked with fire dragons, but Yūske relocated and bound them with String Strangler.
• Uchiha Madara used Shinra Tensei to blast the black giant and the clones away, forcing Yūske to escape and Isobu to endure the strain.
• Yūske released the chakra stored in his Yin Seal and returned to find Madara’s original Susanoo near collapse and Madara nearly out of chakra.

Yūske and Uchiha Madara ended their duel with mutual respect, but Madara used his final strength to summon a meteor over the ninja army. Ōnoki and the gathered ninjas tried to stop it, but the meteor continued descending.

• Uchiha Madara acknowledged Yūske as his opponent and said he hoped they could fight again.
• Madara summoned a gigantic meteor with Tengai Shinsei, then began to die as his chakra and body failed.
• Orochimaru and Ōnoki realized the duel had ended, while the ninja army waited anxiously for Yūske.
• The ninjas saw the meteor above them, and Ōnoki rallied them to work together to slow its descent.
• Han called on Kokuō and attacked the meteor, but his strike and Tailed Beast Ball failed to stop it.

Yūske saved Konoha’s ninjas from Madara’s meteorite, then stayed with the dying Uchiha Madara as he passed away. Back at the battlefield, Ōnoki declared that Iwagakure would stop fighting Konoha, but Yūske demanded compensation or the war would continue.

• Yūske used the Flying Thunder God Technique to move the meteorite into a canyon, saving the Konoha ninjas and leaving Ōnoki overwhelmed by his strength.
• Yūske shared a drink with Uchiha Madara, who reflected on his plans and died after imagining a reunion with Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Izuna Uchiha.
• Yūske stored Madara’s body in a scroll and returned to Konoha’s ranks, where Orochimaru asked what had happened to Madara.
• Yūske told Ōnoki that Madara was dead and asked whether Iwagakure would continue the war.
• Ōnoki declared that Iwagakure would no longer fight Konoha, and Yūske demanded compensation for the invasion or threatened to continue the war.

Yūske forced Ōnoki to surrender and withdraw the Stone Ninja from the Land of Fire, despite being exhausted after fighting Uchiha Madara. Tsunade reached the camp, where Orochimaru told her that Yūske was only asleep.

• Yūske threatened the Stone Ninja with his giant form and trapped thousands of them in threads as he prepared to attack.
• Ōnoki surrendered, agreed to discuss compensation, and ordered the Stone Ninja to leave the Land of Fire.
• Yūske reflected that he was exhausted and not strong enough, while Isobu slept inside him.
• Tsunade hurried to the battlefield with a group of ninja but found no trace of Yūske or Uchiha Madara.
• Tsunade reached the camp and asked Orochimaru where Yūske was, and Orochimaru said Yūske was asleep.

After recovering from his battle with Uchiha Madara, Yūske reunited with Tsunade, who agreed they would have a child when they returned to Konoha. News of his victory spread across the ninja world, and he returned to a jubilant village, where Uchiha Itachi watched him enter.

• Tsunade embraced Yūske after he woke and admitted how frightened she had been by the battlefield where he fought Uchiha Madara.
• Yūske told Tsunade he wanted to return to Konoha and have a child; she agreed, then reacted angrily when he admitted that Shiho had a child too.
• News that Yūske had defeated Uchiha Madara and that Konoha had defeated Kumogakure and Iwagakure spread across the ninja world.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Itachi that the Uchiha Clan must remain loyal to Yūske and considered seeking a test for his son.
• Yūske returned to Konoha with Tsunade and was welcomed by the village; he spotted Uchiha Itachi and waved to him.

Hanzo ambushed Yahiko, Nagato, and the Akatsuki, then forced Nagato to choose between killing Yahiko and letting Konan die. Yahiko sacrificed himself on Nagato’s kunai, and Hanzo ordered the Amegakure ninja to attack the survivors.

• Yahiko and Nagato hurried toward their meeting with Hanzo, fearing for Konan and the Akatsuki’s safety.
• Amegakure ninja ambushed the group and killed most of its members before Hanzo appeared with Konan bound and covered in oil.
• Hanzo threatened Konan and ordered Nagato to kill Yahiko in exchange for her life and the survivors’ safety.
• Nagato picked up a kunai, but Yahiko rushed forward and impaled himself on it, urging Nagato and Konan to live.
• Hanzo ordered the Amegakure ninja to attack Nagato and the remaining Akatsuki members.

Nagato awakened his Rinnegan after Hanzo killed Yahiko, unleashed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and drove Hanzo into retreat before collapsing. In Konoha, Yūske received the report and ordered Hatake Sakumo to halt the campaign against the Land of Rain.

• Nagato rescued Konan from Hanzo but was caught in the Explosive Flame Formation and badly burned.
• Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which drained his life force and unleashed a dragon that consumed the souls of Hanzo's Amegakure forces.
• Hanzo fled from the dragon, while Nagato carved a slash into his Amegakure forehead protector and collapsed beside Yahiko's body as Konan mourned.
• Yūske read the Anbu report and ordered Hatake Sakumo to halt the military campaign against the Land of Rain.

Yūske told Hiruzen Sarutobi why he intended to abolish the Elder Council, citing its members’ failures and his own limits on what he would tolerate in Konoha. He left Hiruzen behind, determined to proceed despite his teacher’s warning about unchecked authority.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Yūske in the Hokage's Office and asked him not to abolish the Elder Council.
• Yūske argued that the council had failed to help the village and said the times had changed.
• On the rooftop, Yūske blamed Hiruzen’s tolerance of Danzo for the harm done to his parents and insisted Danzo had to die.
• Yūske declared that hidden wrongdoing could continue only if it did not involve anyone in the village, and promised Hiruzen and the Sarutobi Clan resources.
• Hiruzen warned Yūske against delegating authority, but Yūske reaffirmed that abolishing the Elder Council was imperative and walked away.

After Nohara Rin disappeared and two Anbu guards were killed, Yūske ordered an investigation and worried that events were returning to their expected course. He reassured Mizuki Yuki that she and her child could live at the Senju Clan Compound, while she named their son Haku.

• Nara Haruna arranged for Uchiha Fugaku and the others to leave the Hokage’s office, and Yūske asked her to urge Luzhen to take the position he had saved for him.
• An Anbu member reported that Nohara Rin had disappeared and that the two guards assigned to protect her were dead, with only Hatake Kakashi surviving at the scene.
• Yūske ordered an investigation, then returned to his desk and began writing while Mizuki Yuki waited in the office.
• Yūske told Mizuki Yuki that he had come clean to Tsunade and invited her and Aburame Shiho to live at the Senju Clan Compound.
• Yūske said Mizuki Yuki’s child would bear her surname, and she named their son Mizuki Haku before agreeing to move in with Shiho.

Yūske visited Orochimaru’s new underground Research Institute, where Orochimaru was studying foreign ninja’s Kekkei Genkai and the First Hokage Cells. Yūske agreed to support Orochimaru’s work as long as he did not harm innocents, and Orochimaru promised to test the cells on others before reporting back.

• The Elder Council system was abolished, and Uchiha Fugaku, Hyuga Hiashi, Senju Taichi, and Nara Shikamaru became joint Hokage Assistants.
• An Anbu member told Yūske that Orochimaru had moved into the Research Institute, so Yūske went to visit him.
• Yūske found Orochimaru studying foreign ninja’s Kekkei Genkai in the underground laboratory.
• Yūske asked Orochimaru about his research on Danzo’s First Hokage Cells, and Orochimaru feared Tsunade had sent Yūske to hold him accountable.
• Yūske promised to support Orochimaru if he did not kill innocents or harm others, and admitted he was interested in the Sage Body.
• Orochimaru said he would test the First Hokage Cells on a group of people and report the results to Yūske.