Chapter Summaries

Danzo sought funds from Sarutobi Hiruzen to investigate Tsunade and ordered Root to use Hashirama Cells in human experiments to create sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation. Meanwhile, Tsunade questioned Konoha’s role in recurring wars and hinted to clan leaders that they would soon need to reconsider their course, leaving Nara Shikaku unsure of her intentions.

• Danzo told Sarutobi Hiruzen he had no decisive evidence against Tsunade and secured another payment for Root.
• Danzo ordered his researchers to fuse ordinary people or ninja with Hashirama Cells so they could serve as powerful sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation.
• Tsunade appeared distracted during a war-preparation meeting as Nara Shikaku reported that Kumo-nin and Iwa-nin forces were moving toward Kikyo Castle.
• After most attendees left, Tsunade discussed peace with Nara Shikaku, Aburame Shibi, and Inuzuka Shinobu, arguing that Konoha should not leave the work of ending war to future generations.
• Nara Shikaku rejected Inuzuka Shinobu’s suggestion that Tsunade intended to unify the Five Great Nations, but planned to discuss her remarks with Inoichi and Choza.

Akatsuki captured six Tailed Beasts, including several Jinchuriki who disappeared during the Chunin Exams. After Ōnoki, Raikage A, and Terumi Mei arrived in Konoha, the leaders learned that their villages had all lost Jinchuriki and began investigating whether the other exam participants were also in danger.

• Ōnoki learned that Rōshi and Han had vanished after a battle, and he ordered the Anbu to continue searching for them.
• Nagato, Konan, and Obito captured Killer B, Yugito, Utakata, and Fuu, while Akatsuki gathered six Tailed Beasts in less than seven days.
• Hyuga Mirai, Ayaka Uzumaki, Kushina, and Nohara Rin watched Obito capture Fuu, and Hyuga Mirai explained that Bloodline Ninja Tools could counter Kamui.
• Ōnoki, Raikage A, and Terumi Mei met Tsunade-sama in Konoha and reported that their villages' Jinchuriki had been captured.
• Nara Shikaku reasoned that one group had likely taken the Jinchuriki and went to check on the Takigakure and Saudi Federation participants.

The Five Great Nations investigated the simultaneous capture of their Jinchuriki while Akatsuki began sealing two more Tailed Beasts and tried to keep suspicion focused on the Saudi Federation. Hyuga Mirai confined Kaguya’s consciousness, gained the power of Kekkei Mōra, and traveled to Ayaka Uzumaki, where he found her rehearsing in a maid outfit.

• Nara Shikaku received word from the second-exam proctors, and the Raikage accused the Saudi Federation of taking the Jinchuriki while Tsunade, Ōnoki, Terumi Mei, and Nara Shikaku urged him to follow the alliance’s plan.
• Pain summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and began sealing the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, while Akatsuki discussed why it had left the One-Tail and Nine-Tails alone and had not found the Three-Tails.
• Hyuga Mirai asked Android 18 to cultivate a female artificial human from Hashirama Cells, then confirmed that he had confined Kaguya’s consciousness and gained an immortal body and the power of Kekkei Mōra.
• Hyuga Mirai concealed his horn and Magatama Rinnegan, used Yomotsu Hirasaka to reach Ayaka Uzumaki, and found her practicing lines in a maid outfit.

As the Chunin Exam’s second round neared its end, Naruto’s team headed for the finish line while Sasuke’s team secured its final scroll and was secretly filmed. Meanwhile, the allied villages prepared their assault on the Saudi Federation, and Hyuga Kiyomi grew suspicious of Tsunade’s plans before Kurenai dragged her home to share a secret.

• Uzumaki Naruto proposed that his team ambush the finish line because they could not find the Human Scroll, and Yamai Mie and Kamikawayano agreed to travel there overnight.
• Second Pillar’s team took a Heaven Scroll from three Kumogakure Genin, then he killed two who attacked him while Yoko Nakamura’s centipede killed the third.
• A Whirlpool Commerce manager chose to release the footage of Second Pillar’s fight and considered asking him to endorse Ninja Game merchandise.
• Tsunade assured Raikage A and Ōnoki that Root would guard military supplies as the allied forces gathered at Kikyo Castle, and Mabui proposed using doubles for the Four Kage at the final exam.
• Hyuga Kiyomi suspected Tsunade was sidelining her clan and other scouting clans for a reason, but Yuhi Kurenai dragged her home, promising to reveal a secret.

Yuhi Kurenai told Hyuga Kiyomi that Tsunade wanted them to enter a political marriage to support merging Konoha with the Saudi Federation, leaving Kiyomi stunned and walking out. Meanwhile, the Genin who passed the second exam traveled by train to the Federation's capital, where Shikamaru and Kiba recovered from their injuries as their instructors remained absent.

• Yuhi Kurenai told Hyuga Kiyomi that Tsunade wanted the Hyūga, Aburame, and Inuzuka Clans to support her, even if she merged Konoha with the Saudi Federation.
• Yuhi Kurenai revealed that Tsunade hoped she and Hyuga Kiyomi would represent Konoha and the Federation in a political marriage, and Kiyomi crushed her cup before leaving.
• Ten of the fifty-five teams that took the second exam boarded a luxurious train to the Federation's capital.
• Shikamaru and Kiba returned after receiving treatment from a Medical Machine, but their wounds could reopen if they exerted themselves, and their instructors had returned to Konoha.
• Second Pillar looked forward to fighting Gaara and Uzumaki Naruto in the third exam, confident that his Three-Tomoe Sharingan had made him stronger.

The Federation prepared for the Third Exam as its contestants returned home and Hyuga Mirai planned an ambush against the Ninja Alliance in Kawa Sand District. The chapter ended with Hyuga Mirai visiting Hyuga Kiyomi in Konoha and telling her she was still as stubborn as before.

• Baki gave the visiting contestants maps, spending cards, and the Third Exam matchups, including Second Pillar's first match against Uzumaki Naruto and Yoko Nakamura's against Gaara.
• Nara Shikamaru warned Yamanaka Ino to stop treating Sasuke and Naruto as their former classmates unless she learned what had happened to them.
• Uzumaki Naruto and Second Pillar returned home, where Kushina praised Second Pillar and told Naruto not to disturb Hyuga Mirai and Uzumaki Ayaka next door.
• Hyuga Mirai told Uzumaki Ayaka to prepare the Four Red Yang Formation and share Nine-Tails Chakra with Kushina for the coming battle in Kawa Sand District.
• Hyuga Mirai planned to deploy Sasori's Puppet Department and other powerful forces against the Ninja Alliance, then decided to visit Konoha to check its stability.
• Hyuga Mirai appeared behind Hyuga Kiyomi in Konoha, and she stopped her Byakugan-assisted counterattack when she recognized him.

Hyuga Mirai visited Hyuga Kiyomi, persuaded her to support Konoha’s merger with the Saudi Federation, and gave her a terminal ring before leaving. He then told Tsunade that the Hyūga Clan was secured, leaving the merger poised to proceed.

• Hyuga Kiyomi told Hyuga Mirai that she had replaced her Byakugan and could see nearly ten kilometers away, then asked him to describe his childhood.
• Hyuga Mirai recounted how he had benefited from Hyuga Kiyomi’s help and urged her to hand him the power to make decisions for the sake of peace.
• Hyuga Mirai placed a terminal ring on Hyuga Kiyomi’s hand, told her he was counting on her, and left through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• Hyuga Kiyomi accidentally connected to Yuhi Kurenai through the ring, discovered information about Hyuga Mirai’s wedding, and woke Hyuga Yuu to ask about another way forward.
• Hyuga Mirai told Tsunade that the Hyūga Clan was on board and that their allies and the forces under Tsunade’s control made Konoha’s merger with the Saudi Federation inevitable.

Hyuga Mirai gave Tsunade Sharingan genes and Indra’s and Asura’s Chakras, causing her to awaken the Rinnegan and a new, secret ability. The next day, Tsunade joined the Four Kage’s final war-planning meeting, where Nara Shikaku reported on the Saudi Federation and the allies’ planned surprise attack.

• Hyuga Mirai injected Tsunade with a Sharingan Gene Sequence and used Indra’s and Asura’s Chakras to awaken her Mangekyo Sharingan and then her Rinnegan.
• Tsunade revealed that her Mangekyo abilities let her briefly predict the near future or see a distant fragment, but she kept her Rinnegan ability secret.
• The next morning, Tsunade tested her eye techniques and saw a future fragment that left her shaken before Shizune called her to the Hokage’s Office.
• At the Four Kage’s final meeting, Nara Shikaku reported that thirteen members of the Saudi Federation intelligence team had been captured and presented photographs of Federation figures, including Hyuga Mirai.
• Nara Shikaku assessed that the allied forces had a high chance of taking Kawa Sand District by surprise and a seventy percent chance of winning the war against the Saudi Federation.

Tsunade prepared to leave Konoha in the hands of her allies while Hyuga Kiyomi organized her clan and revealed the planned merger with the Saudi Federation. At Training Ground 3, Naruto and Sasuke sparred until Hyuga Mirai suddenly appeared.

• Tsunade entrusted Kiyomi, Kimimaro, Kurenai, Kabuto, and Shizune with controlling Konoha during her absence and took potentially obstructive clansmen to the front line.
• Hyuga Kiyomi ordered the Hyūga Clan to prepare for trouble, monitor the Sarutobi Clan and other groups, and gather military supplies.
• Hyuga Kiyomi told the clan leaders that Konoha would merge with the Saudi Federation and that Tsunade intended to eliminate opposition through the front-line war.
• Hyuga Kiyomi left her grandfather and the Third Elder in charge of the clan's supplies and went to meet other clan leaders, including Aburame Shibi and Inuzuka Shinobu.
• Naruto and Sasuke sparred at Training Ground 3 while Kushina and Mikoto rested nearby, and Hyuga Mirai appeared between the boys through a black hole.

Hyuga Mirai prepared Kushina, Mikoto, and Naruto for the coming war while keeping Sasuke from joining them. Meanwhile, the Four-Nation Alliance’s plans advanced, and Obito struck a deal with Danzo to obtain Sharingan and Hashirama-cell sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation.

• Hyuga Mirai announced that Kushina, Mikoto, and Naruto would leave for the war, while Mikoto firmly refused Sasuke’s request to join them.
• Hyuga Mirai arranged for Naruto and Gaara’s clones to take part in the Chunin Exams as he prepared Chakra-sealing chains for the two battlefields.
• Pakura secretly led the remaining Support Unit toward Sacha Sand District to join Uchiha Tekka and confront the alliance’s naval force.
• Obito offered Danzo a Sharingan and five Hashirama-cell sacrifices in exchange for cooperation, and Danzo demanded five pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan and twenty sacrifices.
• Obito accepted Danzo’s demands on the condition that Danzo quickly handle his own affairs, and Danzo agreed while planning to use Impure World Reincarnation to fulfill his long-held wish.

The Four Kage approved Nara Shikaku’s plan to seize a Saudi Federation railway hub, and the allied Ninja forces launched a surprise attack on a camp near Kawa Sand District. The assault turned into a trap when the camp proved empty, a red barrier enclosed the alliance, and the One-Tail and Nine-Tails appeared.

• Nara Shikaku briefed the Four Kage on a plan to capture the railway transfer town and cut off the Saudi Federation’s supply routes, and Tsunade approved it.
• The Four Kage ordered the Ninja Alliance to mobilize, and Nara Shikaku and Mabui coordinated the troops as they advanced toward the Saudi Federation camp.
• Scouts reported no unusual movements at the camp, and the alliance surrounded it before Saudi Federation Shadow Clones charged out and were destroyed by combined Ninjutsu.
• Sensor Ninja discovered that the camp was nearly empty, and a red barrier rose behind the allied forces, trapping them inside.
• A huge tanuki and red fox appeared in the camp, and the allied Ninja realized they were facing the One-Tail and the Nine-Tails.

Tsunade revealed that she had allied with the Saudi Federation and attacked the Four-Nation Alliance, declaring that the Ninja system had to be abandoned to achieve peace. As colossal forces surrounded the trapped alliance, Hyuga Mirai appeared behind Nara Shikaku.

• Shukaku and Kurama appeared before the Ninja Alliance, and Shukaku complained about being surrounded by the enemy.
• Raikage A, Terumi Mei, Ōnoki, and Sarutobi Hiruzen realized their surprise attack had been trapped, while Tsunade accused someone of leaking the plan.
• Tsunade struck the Kage with Wood Release, bound Ōnoki, and declared that she wanted to end the Ninja system; A, Terumi Mei, and Hiruzen fought back.
• Tsunade and the Saudi Federation’s forces surrounded the alliance with Tailed Beasts, a giant Purple Snake, a massive Susanoo, and Mecha Puppets.
• Nara Shikaku recognized that Tsunade’s actions threatened Konoha, then Hyuga Mirai emerged from a black passageway behind him.

Hyuga Mirai’s forces subdued the Allied Ninja with Chakra-sealing locks while Tsunade fought the Fourth Raikage and other Kage. Mirai agreed to help Sasori test his Combination Puppet on Tsunade, leaving the Raikage as a lesser target.

• Hyuga Mirai ordered Uchiha Mikoto, Shukaku, and Kurama to handle the Allied Ninja while his Mecha Puppets prepared to restrain them.
• Yamanaka Inoichi relayed Nara Shikaku’s order for the Konoha Ninja not to resist, and the Iwa-nin followed their example as the Mecha Puppets distributed Chakra Restraint Locks.
• Uchiha Mikoto killed Kumo-nin who resisted, while Xiao Zi swooped down and swallowed dozens of others.
• The Mecha Puppets warned that the locks would self-destruct if anyone tried to break them, and Mabui and Samui were knocked unconscious when they attempted to rally the Kumo-nin.
• Hyuga Mirai told Sasori that Tsunade was a better test subject than the Fourth Raikage and promised to help arrange the test.

Tsunade defeated Raikage A, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Terumi Mei while Hyuga Mirai helped subdue the Ninja Alliance. After the Federation took custody of the prisoners, Nara Shikaku pledged Konoha’s Ino-Shika-Cho clans to follow Tsunade’s arrangements, and the story left the victorious leaders preparing to unite the Ninja World.

• Tsunade entered perfect Sage Mode, used her Mangekyō Sharingan to anticipate Raikage A’s movements, and struck him nearly a hundred meters away.
• Tsunade used Banshō Ten'in and Wood Release to capture Sarutobi Hiruzen after Enma tried to pull him out of danger.
• Hyuga Mirai dragged Terumi Mei through Yomotsu Hirasaka and restrained her, while Tsunade bound the remaining fighters and subdued the Ninja Alliance.
• Nara Shikaku agreed that the Ino-Shika-Cho clans would follow Tsunade’s orders, and Hyuga Mirai had Android 18 remove their Chakra Restraint Locks.
• Federation Ninja arrived to take custody of the prisoners, and Nara Shikaku led the Ino-Shika-Cho Ninja in cooperating with them.
• Kushina reunited with Tsunade, and the two privately commented on Hyuga Mirai’s relationship with Uzumaki Ayaka.

Hyuga Mirai arranged the captured forces, secured Konoha’s cooperation, and gave Tsunade seven days away from her duties. Meanwhile, Danzo approached Konoha with a disguised Daimyo and Edo Tensei allies to demand the Hokage position, but the village gates were closed to his convoy.

• Hyuga Mirai let Shikaku select about two hundred Konoha Ninja to persuade, while the remaining captives were sent away and the injured Kage were treated.
• Hyuga Mirai confirmed the Federation’s forces were overwhelming the allied naval army, then told Naruto he could not return to the Chunin Exams and revealed Naruto had beaten Sasuke because of the betting odds.
• Tsunade argued with Hyuga Mirai over her lost bet and negotiated seven days away from work to visit the Federation.
• Shikaku and Inoichi persuaded Konoha Ninja to cooperate with the Federation, then returned to Konoha with fewer than three hundred of the fifteen hundred who had departed.
• Danzo arrived near Konoha with a disguised Daimyo, officials, Guardian Ninja, and five Edo Tensei Bodies, intending to secure the Hokage position.
• Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki questioned Danzo’s convoy at Konoha’s closed gates, and Kotetsu went to notify the village’s leaders.

Hyuga Kiyomi prepared Konoha for the arrival of the Land of Fire Daimyo and discovered that his convoy contained an unusually large force of Ninja. After the Daimyo accused Tsunade of colluding with the Saudi Federation and called for her replacement, Kiyomi challenged his purpose before the assembled clan heads.

• Hyuga Kiyomi ordered the village to prepare for combat after learning that the Daimyo's party included masked guards who might be Danzo's people.
• Kotetsu Hagane let the convoy enter Konoha, and a Hyuga observer reported that more than seventy of its members were Ninja with many at Jonin-level chakra.
• Hyuga Kiyomi restricted the Daimyo's attendants and guards, then questioned why he had arrived without notice.
• Hyuga Kiyomi summoned the clan heads in Konoha at the Daimyo's request.
• The Daimyo claimed Tsunade might be colluding with the Saudi Federation and said the Hokage position should be given to someone else; Hyuga Kiyomi laughed and asked if that was all he had come to say.

Hyuga Kiyomi revealed that Tsunade and Konoha’s leaders planned to merge the village into the Saudi Federation, then exposed Danzo’s attempt to seize power. After Danzo’s explosive escape attempt failed, Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai pursued him while the others fought the Edo Tensei attackers.

• Hyuga Kiyomi told the Daimyo Manor officials and clan heads that Tsunade, the village’s forces, and its departments intended to join the Saudi Federation, then revealed Danzo had been hiding among the officials.
• Danzo activated Izanagi and detonated hundreds of Exploding Tags, but Hyuga Kiyomi warned the room and Yuhi Kurenai, Kiyomi, and Kimimaro shielded the nearby people.
• Hyuga Kiyomi found Danzo, and she and Yuhi Kurenai left the others to handle the Edo Tensei Bodies; Kakashi fought his father, Hatake Sakumo, while Inuzuka Shinobu and Aburame Shibi faced Dan Katō.
• Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai caught up with Danzo, but he escaped their attacks using Izanagi, prompting Kiyomi to direct Kurenai toward his next position.
• Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai struck Danzo from both sides and forced him to use Izanagi again as he vowed not to let the alleged traitors bury the future of the Ninja World.

Hyuga Kiyomi secured Konoha after Danzo’s death, then announced that Konoha would merge with the Saudi Federation and reassured the clan heads about its future leadership. The chapter ended with Kiyomi rallying the clans to take control of the Land of Fire while Tsunade was away inspecting the Federation’s system.

• Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai confirmed Danzo was dead, and Kiyomi joined the Military Police Force as the Daimyo Manor’s Guardian Ninja surrendered.
• Hyuga Kiyomi ordered the wounded treated, the captives detained, and the Edo Tensei Bodies sealed while Yakushi Kabuto suggested searching the Book of Forbidden Jutsu for a way to undo the technique.
• Hyuga Kiyomi announced Konoha’s merger with the Saudi Federation, and Yakushi Kabuto reassured the clan heads that Hyuga Mirai was expected to rule and would not target them over Konoha’s past conflict with Sunagakure.
• The clan heads congratulated Hyuga Kiyomi and Yuhi Kurenai, then agreed to help take control of the Land of Fire when Nara Shikaku returned.
• Yakushi Kabuto asked whether Tsunade had returned with Nara Shikaku, and Hyuga Kiyomi said Tsunade had gone to inspect the Saudi Federation’s system.

Yakushi Kabuto handled Konoha’s affairs as Hyuga Kiyomi and Nara Shikaku prepared for the Federation’s takeover, while Obito learned that the Ninja Alliance had been defeated and planned to recover the captured leaders. Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other defeated Kage awoke on a train bound for the Federation’s mining district, where they were to work as prisoners.

• Yakushi Kabuto secretly sent Lord Orochimaru a message asking for help returning to Otogakure, then resumed processing Konoha’s paperwork.
• Hyuga Kiyomi placed the remaining Sarutobi Clan members and their allied clans under guard, while Nara Shikaku recalled Konoha’s scattered Ninja and prepared for a major move.
• White Zetsu and Black Zetsu told Obito that the Ninja Alliance had lost, the Hokage was aligned with the Saudi Federation, and the Raikage and Tsuchikage had been captured.
• Obito ordered White Zetsu to warn Nagato and planned to visit the Federation’s southwestern mining district after finishing his Impure World Reincarnation talismans.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen woke on a prisoner train and learned from Ōnoki that the captives were being sent to mine and that their Chakra-sealing shackles would explode if removed.

The Saudi Federation put captured Alliance Ninja to work in its mines while publicizing its victory and deepening cooperation with Konoha. Hyuga Mirai ended Tsunade’s vacation and sent her back to Konoha with a development plan, while Pakura faced a campaign to keep her working for the Federation.

• The mine supervisor explained the rules to the captured Alliance Ninja, divided them into work teams, and planned to operate the mine with nearly five thousand prisoners.
• The Federation publicized the Land of Lightning, Earth Country, and Land of Water’s failed conspiracy, and Haruno Sakura and Nara Shikaku discussed the news and the strange Chunin Exam results.
• Tsunade spent her vacation touring the Federation and dining out, while Nohara Rin sought her advice on Medical Ninjutsu.
• Hyuga Mirai told Tsunade that Yakushi Kabuto was already handling the Hokage’s work and ordered her back to Konoha with a development plan.
• Hyuga Mirai sent Tsunade through Yomotsu Hirasaka and instructed the newspaper department to publicize Pakura’s war record so she would keep working for the Federation.