Chapter Summaries

Konoha handed Danzo over to Pakura and the Sunagakure ninja under the Peace Accord, but a Konoha suicide bomber attacked the escort with hundreds of Exploding Tags. Pakura’s group suffered injuries and found no trace of Danzo, then returned to the Saudi Federation without knowing whether he had survived.

• Nara Shikaku brought Danzo to the secret meeting place, where Baki and Pakura had Sunagakure sensor ninja inspect him before taking custody.
• Kimimaro warned Shikaku that Konoha had no responsibility for what happened after the handover, and Baki’s group escorted Danzo toward the Saudi Federation camp.
• Five ink tigers attacked the escort, and Baki sent Hachiro and Toriigawa with their squads to pursue the three remaining enemies.
• Baki detected an infiltrator beneath Danzo and struck the ground with a Wind Blade, but the Konoha ninja emerged covered in Exploding Tags and detonated them.
• Pakura and Baki survived the blast, but Danzo was missing from the crater; Pakura rejected Baki’s call to resume the war and ordered the group back to the Saudi Federation.

After learning that Danzo may have survived by using Izanagi, Pakura planned to watch for him while Hyuga Mirai prepared to begin work at the Ninja Academy. Uchiha Mikoto then asked Mirai to develop a Bloodline Ninja Tool for Sasuke, but his proposed price and request for Sasuke to visit often left her confused.

• Pakura welcomed the newcomers to the Saudi Federation and appointed Mikoto as a squad captain in the Military Police Force.
• Pakura asked Tekka, Mikoto, and Mirai about forbidden jutsu, and Mirai explained that Danzo may have escaped death using Izanagi.
• Mirai suggested that the Uzumaki Company track Danzo and that Pakura consult Elder Yasunori.
• Mikoto caught up with Mirai and asked whether he could make Sasuke a Bloodline Ninja Tool like Naruto's.
• Mirai explained that a tool would cost about 1.5 billion ryo, then asked Mikoto to have Sasuke visit him often so they could test one for him.
• Mikoto misunderstood Mirai's request, then apologized after realizing what he meant.

Danzo escaped to the Land of Craftsmen after replacing his ruined Mangekyō Sharingan, while Pakura managed the Saudi Federation’s growing reforms. Pakura prioritized Hyuga Mirai’s Bloodline Ninja Tool proposal, leaving discussions on puppet reform to be arranged later.

• Danzo received a Three-Tomoe Sharingan transplant from Root Ninja, then led his remaining followers toward the Land of Craftsmen to suppress the Hashirama Cells in his body.
• Uchiha Mikoto considered asking Kushina why Hyuga Mirai had agreed to help with Sasuke’s Bloodline Ninja Tool and decided Sasuke should visit Mirai more often.
• Yashamaru told Pakura that Amegakure’s renovation work had begun and recommended sending Yasunori Sakai’s former assistant to handle the rain-cloud relocation plan.
• Baki presented Sasori of the Red Sand’s proposal to comprehensively reform puppet techniques, explaining that Sasori had defeated Grandma Chiyo’s Chikamatsu Ten Puppets in half an hour.
• Pakura ordered Baki to arrange a discussion about Sasori’s new puppets with Chiyo, Ebizo, and Puppet Department Jonin.
• Yashamaru brought Hyuga Mirai’s application about his new Bloodline Ninja Tool, and Pakura moved its review ahead of the puppet discussions.

Hyuga Mirai developed plans for distributing Bloodline Ninja Tools and examined Sasuke and Naruto’s reincarnated Chakra. He extracted Indra and Asura’s Chakra and sealed it temporarily, leaving both boys under observation.

• Pakura supported Hyuga Mirai’s Bloodline Ninja Tool project, and they agreed to restrict access and reward Ninja Academy class leaders.
• Uchiha Mikoto brought Sasuke to visit Hyuga Mirai, who explained that he lacked the Kekkei Genkai suited to Sasuke’s desired tool.
• Hyuga Mirai used the Spirit Transformation Clone Technique after Naruto and Sasuke shook hands, discovering Indra and Asura’s Chakra within their soul space.
• Hyuga Mirai used Truth-Seeking Orb chains to extract Indra and Asura’s Chakra from Naruto and Sasuke and seal it temporarily.
• Kushina reinforced her barrier against the Chakra eruption, then Hyuga Mirai asked her to release it after containing the extracted Chakra.

Hyuga Mirai helped Naruto and Sasuke recover after sealing Indra and Asura's chakra, then offered each boy one request as compensation. Meanwhile, Tsunade ordered Root to search for the escaped Danzo and secured the three clans' support for rebuilding Konoha's military police force.

• Naruto and Sasuke woke up unharmed, and both chose to save their requests from Hyuga Mirai for later.
• Tsunade assigned Kimimaro to have Root investigate Danzo's whereabouts after concluding that Danzo had escaped with Izanagi.
• Tsunade suspected Sarutobi Hiruzen had helped Danzo but decided not to confront him unless he interfered again.
• Hyuga Kiyomi, Inuzuka Shinobu, and Aburame Shibi approved Tsunade's proposal to rebuild the military police force with members of their clans.
• Hyuga Kiyomi asked Tsunade to guide her training, and Tsunade arranged to meet her and Kurenai at Training Ground No. 2 the next afternoon.

Tsunade assessed Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai’s strength and offered to guide them toward learning the Strength of a Hundred Seal. Back at the Hyūga compound, Kiyomi received reports of inquiries about the clan and planned its Military Police Force, while Hyuga Mirai welcomed Uzumaki Ayaka back with Tailed Beast Chakra.

• Tsunade sparred with Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai, then praised their abilities and explained that she would assign training milestones toward the Strength of a Hundred Seal.
• Yuhi Kurenai teased Hyuga Kiyomi before they parted, and Kiyomi returned to the clan compound, where she gave Hyuga Neji permission to miss three days of Ninja Academy each week for further training.
• Hyuga Tokuma told Hyuga Kiyomi that someone, later identified by Neji as the Hokage’s assistant Yakushi Kabuto, had been questioning clan members about the Hyūga.
• Hyuga Kiyomi told Tokuma to bring her the Military Police Force selection list and summon Iroha, then privately asked Hyuga Yuu for another effective method.
• Uzumaki Ayaka returned to Rōran with a Nanocapsule of Tailed Beast Chakra, and Hyuga Mirai praised her work and said he would join her on a future mission.

Hyuga Mirai continued developing the God Tree and Bloodline Ninja Tools while the Ninja World enjoyed a brief lull in major wars. In Konoha, Tsunade’s training session with Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai ended when she was told the Third Hokage had returned and wanted to meet her.

• Uzumaki Ayaka gathered the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Chakra and warned the Nine-Tails not to question Hyuga Mirai’s God Tree research.
• Hyuga Mirai decided to hire a Bounty Hunter to obtain Seven-Tails Chakra while the Snake Squad watched the Six-Tails.
• The Ninja World settled into a period of peace as Kirigakure struggled with funding cuts and the Saudi Federation advanced its development.
• Hyuga Mirai gave Pakura an Ice Release Bloodline Ninja Tool and gave Uchiha Mikoto a Sharingan-enhancing Bloodline Eyeglass Ninja Tool.
• Tsunade praised Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai’s training, then ended their session after Yakushi Kabuto told her the Third Hokage had returned and wanted to see her.

Tsunade rejected Sarutobi Hiruzen’s pressure to join a war against the Saudi Federation, leaving Konoha’s funding uncertain. Meanwhile, Hyuga Kiyomi told Yuhi Kurenai that Tsunade was secretly connected to Hyuga Mirai, and Kurenai later confronted Asuma as she pursued her own goals.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Tsunade that the Daimyo had cut Konoha’s reconstruction funding and urged her to convene the Four Kage to attack the Saudi Federation.
• Tsunade dismissed Hiruzen’s proposal and left, while Hiruzen worried that her independence would bring trouble to Konoha and the Land of Fire.
• Yuhi Kurenai persuaded Hyuga Kiyomi to drink with her, then asked why Kiyomi was so concerned about Tsunade.
• Kiyomi revealed that she had seen Hyuga Mirai treat the injured Tsunade and believed the two communicated through a ring; she also disclosed that her Byakugan could see six kilometers.
• Kurenai asked Kiyomi about becoming a Jonin squad leader and promised to consider Hyūga graduates before the two finished drinking.
• Kurenai rejected Asuma’s invitation and told him to stop pursuing her, then struck him with an illusion after throwing three Senbon.

Kurenai stood up to Asuma and began planning to grow stronger, while the Saudi Federation expanded its cooperation with the Rain Country and developed its institutions. Hyuga Mirai prepared to travel to Kumogakure for Eight-Tails Chakra before taking young Ninja on a mission.

• Kurenai trapped Asuma in an Illusion Technique after he continued pestering her, and Hyuga Kiyomi defended her before leaving with her.
• Kurenai decided to pursue leadership of a Jonin squad and considered recruiting a child from the Kurama Clan to improve her Illusion Techniques.
• The Daimyo of the Four Nations summoned their Kage to discuss a united operation against the Saudi Federation, but the Ninja Villages lacked the will and ability to cooperate.
• Konan approved the Yasunori Trading Company's agreement to teach Rain Country civilians new farming methods and buy their harvests at above-market prices.
• The Saudi Federation advanced its agricultural, educational, and military reforms, while Hyuga Mirai began the second stage of cultivating the God Tree.
• Hyuga Mirai refused Uzumaki Ayaka's request to accompany him to Kumogakure for Eight-Tails Chakra and planned to take Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari on a mission afterward.

Hyuga Mirai took Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, and the others to attack Mount Myoboku, intending to destroy its toads and claim the sacred land. As they traveled there with Ryūchi Cave’s Snake Princesses and an arsenal of weapons, the Great Toad Sage foresaw Mount Myoboku’s destruction and summoned other toads for a final warning.

• Hyuga Mirai gathered Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, and Gaara’s siblings for a mission and offered Temari a Bloodline Ninja Tool as a reward for graduating first.
• Naruto kept his Shikkotsu Forest contract, while Sasuke, Gaara, and Gaara’s siblings signed Summoning Contracts with Ryūchi Cave.
• Hyuga Mirai told the Three Snake Princesses he planned to kill every toad and take Mount Myoboku, and Tagitsuhime explained that its Eye of Nature could help snakes become more human.
• Hyuga Mirai took the group to Mount Myoboku aboard an Anti-Gravity Airship, backed by orbital weapons, satellites, and War Machines.
• The Great Toad Sage awoke after foreseeing Mount Myoboku’s destruction and ordered attendants to summon Ken, Hiroshi, and Zhi for his final prophecy.

The Great Toad Sage ordered Gamahiro, Gamaken, and Gamashi to flee Mount Myoboku, but Hyuga Mirai’s orbital weapons killed the first two while Gamashi escaped underground. Hyuga Mirai then brought his allies and forces to Mount Myoboku, where the battle began with Xiao Zi and a growing group of summoned snakes.

• The Great Toad Sage warned Gamahiro, Gamaken, and Gamashi to take Mount Myoboku’s treasures and find Shima, but orbital beams killed Gamahiro and Gamaken while Gamashi escaped underground.
• Hyuga Mirai arrived with Uzumaki Naruto and the others, and Xiao Zi swallowed the two dead toads after Hyuga Mirai gave them to it.
• Hyuga Mirai flew toward Mount Myoboku with Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, and the Three Snake Princesses aboard Xiao Zi.
• Hyuga Mirai deployed one hundred Mecha Puppets to encircle Mount Myoboku and sent Naruto and the others to fight the toads as training.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari summoned Katsuyu and Ryūchi Cave snakes, while Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka summoned dozens of giant snakes led by Manda.

Hyuga Mirai led an assault on Mount Myoboku and confronted Gamamaru, who explained that prophecy had made the sacred land view Mirai as an enemy. Gamamaru’s powerful surprise attack wounded Mirai, but Mirai killed the Great Toad Sage and emerged from the battle with his arm badly injured.

• Hyuga Mirai ordered the Three Snake Princesses, Manda, Xiao Zi, Uzumaki Ayaka, and the others to hunt Mount Myoboku’s Toads while he and Ayaka searched for the Great Toad Sage.
• Xiao Zi attacked the Iwasuku Toad, while battles spread across Mount Myoboku and the Ryūchi Cave snakes overpowered the Toads.
• Hyuga Mirai broke through the barrier around the central palace and confronted Gamamaru, who said prophecy had led Mount Myoboku to support the Child of Prophecy against him.
• Gamamaru launched a powerful water attack that shattered Mirai’s Truth-Seeking Orb defenses and wounded his arm before Mirai struck him with a golden beam and killed him.
• Uzumaki Ayaka rushed to the injured Mirai and offered her blood to help heal him.

Hyuga Mirai led the destruction of Mount Myoboku, killing Gamamaru and having Uzumaki Ayaka, Ryūchi Cave’s snakes, and Mecha Puppets eliminate the toads. After collecting Mount Myoboku’s records and Sage Mode research, he prepared to return to the Saudi Federation and assigned Tagitsuhime to take over the Eye of Nature.

• Hyuga Mirai severed and regenerated his arm to stop Mount Myoboku Sage Chakra from spreading, then killed Gamamaru and stored the corpse.
• Hyuga Mirai sent Uzumaki Ayaka to join the battle, and Naruto, Sasuke, Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro defeated a giant toad together.
• Hyuga Mirai searched Gamaryu’s palace, collected historical scrolls and Sage Mode materials, and examined the Toad Oil and Eye of Nature.
• Uzumaki Ayaka, the Three Snake Princesses, Xiao Zi, and Android 18’s Mecha Puppets helped eliminate Mount Myoboku’s toads.
• Hyuga Mirai praised Naruto’s team, told Tagitsuhime to take over the Eye of Nature later, and ordered the group to return.

Hyuga Mirai reviewed the knowledge and resources taken from Mount Myoboku while turning his attention to researching the God Tree and the chakra of Asura and Indra. In Konoha, Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto chose Hyuga Neji, Hyuga Hinata, and another candidate for recruitment, with abduction considered if Neji would not leave voluntarily.

• Android 18 organized Mount Myoboku’s scrolls and reported that few pre-Kaguya records existed, while Search Robots surveyed the location for information and ecological resources.
• Hyuga Mirai concluded that destroying Mount Myoboku had been worthwhile and decided to focus on the God Tree and the chakra of Asura and Indra.
• Tsunade assigned the Sarutobi Clan’s Anbu increasingly dangerous missions, while Yakushi Kabuto’s Shadow Clone escaped her unfinished paperwork.
• Yakushi Kabuto presented Orochimaru with files on three candidates, including Hyuga Neji and Hyuga Hinata, and warned that the Hyūga Clan’s reforms made Neji harder to persuade.
• Orochimaru approved the candidates, and Yakushi Kabuto planned to recruit Neji or abduct him if necessary while making his departure appear voluntary.

Two years after Hyuga Neji and other Hyuga members defected, Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai discussed the fallout while the Saudi Federation’s rapid expansion drew attention across the Ninja World. The chapter ended with Tsunade being summoned to meet the Land of Fire Daimyo and reluctantly agreeing to go.

• Yuhi Kurenai persuaded Hyuga Kiyomi to join her for drinks and complained that the Hyuga defections had disrupted her plans for a new team.
• Hyuga Kiyomi refused to discuss the reasons for Hyuga Neji’s defection and said she had stopped the Hyuga Clan from pursuing him or applying the Caged Bird Seal.
• The Saudi Federation expanded its territory, transformed its deserts, and strengthened its security, while Pakura captured spies from Kumogakure and Iwagakure and demanded ransoms.
• Tsunade continued relying on Hyuga Mirai’s guidance and improved her Electromagnetic Field Technique while managing Konoha with help from her staff.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Tsunade that the Daimyo had specifically requested her presence, and she agreed to go after initially trying to send him instead.

Tsunade learned that the Daimyo had summoned her to discuss a war against the Saudi Federation, and she reluctantly agreed to travel to the Capital of the Land of Fire with Yuhi Kurenai. Meanwhile, Hyuga Mirai brought his Ten-Tails cultivation to its final stage and prepared to become its Jinchuriki.

• Tsunade passed her paperwork to Yakushi Kabuto and planned to take Hyuga Tokuma and Yuhi Kurenai as guards to the Daimyo's birthday summons.
• Tsunade used a Transformation Technique to visit an Izakaya, where she found Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai and told them the Daimyo wanted war against the Saudi Federation.
• Tsunade invited Yuhi Kurenai to accompany her to the Capital of the Land of Fire, and Yuhi Kurenai explained that she had been helping Kurama Yakumo gain mission experience.
• Hyuga Kiyomi warned Tsunade that the Daimyo might target Konoha if she rejected his demands, and Tsunade vowed to resist him if necessary.
• Hyuga Mirai completed the final stage of cultivating the Ten-Tails with Indra and Asura's Chakra and prepared to absorb its Rinnegan Power before becoming its Jinchuriki.

Hyuga Mirai continued developing the Saudi Federation while preparing to visit Trade City with Uzumaki Ayaka. At the Land of Fire Daimyo’s birthday banquet, Tsunade discovered that the other three Kage had been invited without her knowledge, and the gathering shifted toward a private discussion among the Kage.

• Hyuga Mirai fused Indra and Asura’s Chakra into Six Paths Chakra, added it to the sleeping Ten-Tails, and collected a sample of its cells to study.
• Hyuga Mirai agreed to visit Trade City with Uzumaki Ayaka and said they could visit Sasori there.
• The Land of Fire Daimyo invited officials and Kage from the Land of Lightning, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Water to his birthday banquet to negotiate a matter.
• Tsunade arrived at the capital with Hyuga Tokuma and Yuhi Kurenai, then found Raikage A, Tsuchikage Ōnoki, and Mizukage Terumi Mei at the banquet.
• After the banquet dishes were cleared, the Daimyo and other officials left, and Tsunade realized the Kage had arranged a private discussion.

The four Kage gathered at the Land of Fire Daimyo’s banquet to discuss destroying the Saudi Federation, but old rivalries and disputes over access and logistics hampered their talks. As the meeting turned to intelligence about the Saudi Federation, Yuhi Kurenai suspected Tsunade would meet Hyuga Mirai, while the alliance remained divided.

• The Land of Fire Daimyo announced that the four Daimyo had agreed the Saudi Federation must be destroyed and left the Kage to discuss how.
• Raikage A demanded that Konoha let Kumogakure move through the Land of Fire and protect its supply lines, prompting Tsunade to angrily reject his terms.
• Terumi Mei and Ōnoki traded insults over their villages’ history, while the Kage Guards became ready for a fight.
• The Land of Fire Daimyo dismissed the non-Ninja attendees, and Sarutobi Hiruzen urged Raikage A to discuss logistics through the Daimyo instead of making excessive demands.
• Tsunade privately thought about contacting Hyuga Mirai and getting more fruit-flavored vodka, while Yuhi Kurenai suspected she would meet him.
• Terumi Mei asked whether Konoha, Iwagakure, or Kumogakure had detailed intelligence on the Saudi Federation to share with Kirigakure.

The Four Kage agreed to hold joint Chunin Exams in the Saudi Federation six months later to gather intelligence before launching a war, while the Four Nations’ daimyo secretly arranged the alliance’s finances and postwar spoils. Tsunade left for Konoha distrustful of Sarutobi Hiruzen after realizing she had been excluded from the negotiations.

• Tsunade urged the Mizukage to seek intelligence from Ōnoki and the Raikage, prompting the Raikage to erupt before C calmed him down.
• Ōnoki proposed joint Chunin Exams in the Saudi Federation, and the Four Kage agreed to use the event to gather intelligence while preparing for war.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed the Saudi Federation’s powerful fighters and proposed deploying the villages’ Jinchuriki, while telling the others that the Rain Country would stay out of the war.
• The Four Kage agreed to hold the exams in six months, and the daimyo arranged military funding and a plan to restore the Land of Wind after victory.
• The daimyo presented a prearranged agreement that directed postwar gains to their manors; Raikage A signed despite his objections, while Ōnoki and Terumi Mei accepted it.
• Tsunade departed with Tokuma and Kurenai, reflecting that she had learned of the alliance last and had been too lenient toward Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Hyuga Mirai hosted Orochimaru, who sought advice on creating an ultimate lifeform and received the Great Toad Sage’s corpse and samples from Mirai for research. After learning that the Chunin Exams were being arranged amid pressure from the Four Nations’ daimyo, Mirai went to Sasori for help.

• Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka toured prosperous Trade City before returning home, where Mirai reviewed the Mecha-Puppet Force’s progress and learned Orochimaru was coming to visit.
• Orochimaru arrived with Hyuga Neji and Hyuga Hinata, and Mirai noticed that Orochimaru had removed Neji’s Caged Bird Seal.
• Orochimaru described his stalled research into creating an ultimate lifeform, so Mirai gave him the Great Toad Sage’s corpse and samples from Otsutsuki Toneri and himself to study.
• Orochimaru told Mirai that the Raikage was traveling toward the Land of Fire, and Mirai learned the Four Nations’ daimyo were pressing for the Chunin Exams despite a shortage of trained officials.
• Hyuga Mirai left for the Puppet Department, found Sasori working in the underground laboratory, and called on him for help.