Chapter Summaries

Kagami Uchiha confronted Ōnoki, Hee, and Katsura after they demanded after-sales service for the Tailed Beasts, and their dispute escalated into a battle. Katsura’s Absolute Zero briefly trapped Kagami, but Kagami turned the technique against him and revealed a second, physical Third Mizukage created by his eye technique, Makoto Itsutsu.

• Ōnoki demanded that Konoha answer for the Tailed Beasts it had sold, but Kagami Uchiha told the three visitors to find whoever had sold them.
• Hee charged Kagami with Black Hand, and Kagami awakened Susanoo to break Hee’s arm and repel the attack.
• Katsura attacked Kagami with Ice Release, then used Absolute Zero to freeze Kagami, Ōnoki, and Hee.
• Kagami’s eye technique produced a second mass of white mist, which overwhelmed Katsura’s Absolute Zero and caused him to suffer backlash.
• Kagami revealed that the other figure was Makoto Itsutsu, a physical replica of the Third Mizukage, leaving Hee confused about which of the two was Katsura.

Ōnoki, Hee, and Katsura tried to keep Kagami Uchiha from leaving over their Tailed Beast compensation dispute, and their fight escalated as both sides revealed powerful abilities. After the three transformed into Tailed Beast Knights and surrounded Kagami, he drew a strange blue-gem device and warned them that an earthquake was coming.

• Ōnoki ordered his team to attack Kagami Uchiha, while Kagami used his Mizukage clone to trap Hee in Mirror Ice Crystal.
• Ōnoki struck Kagami’s Susanoo with Dust Release, but Kagami’s shield withstood the beam until he dismissed the Susanoo and escaped its destruction.
• Kagami and Ōnoki fought evenly until Hee, transformed with black lightning and Knight Power, defeated Kagami’s Mizukage clone.
• Hee argued that the conflict was a legal defense of their rights rather than a war, and Kagami agreed to contact Konoha about the Tailed Beast dispute.
• Hee, Katsura, and Ōnoki transformed into Tailed Beast Knights and blocked Kagami’s departure, so Kagami drew a blue-gem device and warned them of an approaching earthquake.

Uchiha Gin learned that Konoha Prison planned to lay off employees over sixty-five and went to Hiruzen to protect his job. He mistakenly believed the meeting concerned the layoffs, then learned that Kagami was surrounded by the forces of three nations and left after Hiruzen promised to send reinforcements.

• Uchiha Gin met Yamanaka Minako, admired her youthful appearance, and gave her newborn grandson Inoichi a gold brick as a meeting gift.
• Yamanaka Minako told Uchiha Gin that employees over sixty-five were on Konoha Prison’s layoff list and revealed that Kenji had proposed the plan.
• Uchiha Gin went to the Hokage Building and entered Hiruzen’s meeting after Danzo opened the office door.
• Uchiha Gin and Hiruzen misunderstood each other at first, then Hiruzen revealed that Kagami had been surrounded by the allied forces of three nations at the border.
• Uchiha Gin accepted Hiruzen’s promise to help and left, after which Hiruzen ordered Danzo to lead three thousand men to reinforce the border and offered him the Three Thousand Sarutobi Army.

After securing Hiruzen’s promise, Uchiha Gin discovered Uchiha Setsuna courting Akimichi Matsuko for her money and learned that Danzo had ordered three thousand drinks for the Sarutobi Army. Danzo’s force assembled in the Death Forest and received the drinks before marching out.

• Uchiha Gin spotted Uchiha Setsuna kissing Akimichi Matsuko and watched Setsuna accept her gold card while claiming he would support their future through his own efforts.
• Uchiha Gin learned that the Sarutobi Army had filled Mixue Bingcheng with three thousand Takeout orders under the name Shuo Da Zhi Gen.
• Uchiha Gin recognized Shuo Da Zhi Gen as Xiao Tuan Tuan and left, determined to make Danzo pay for taking all the drinks.
• A newly promoted Jonin named Namikaze delivered the drinks to Danzo in the Death Forest, and Danzo considered recruiting him.
• Danzo addressed the assembled Three Thousand Sarutobi Army and handed out the drinks before ordering them to march to death with him.

Danzo led the Three Thousand Sarutobi Army toward the allied forces surrounding Kagami, while Uchiha Gin learned that Jiraiya was struggling through Ryūchi Cave’s trials and was unsuited to its Sage Arts. Gin planned to send another candidate, as Orochimaru continued training at Mount Myōboku by turning frogs into a source of extra legs for dinner.

• Danzo set out with the Three Thousand Sarutobi Army, and Uchiha Gin guessed that a war had broken out after noticing the force was fully armed.
• Sōshin Sadahime emerged from the Shadow Realm, and Uchiha Gin introduced her to Wang Liang, who withdrew without recognizing the White Snake Sage.
• Sōshin Sadahime told Gin that Jiraiya repeatedly failed Tagorihime’s trial but cleared Ichikishimahime’s trial after insulting her figure.
• Sōshin Sadahime said Jiraiya had talent for Sage Arts but was poorly suited to Ryūchi Cave’s methods, so Gin resolved to send someone else soon.
• At Mount Myōboku, Orochimaru used his Regeneration Technique to grow extra legs on frogs, harvested them for food, and healed the frogs afterward.
• Fukasaku and Shima watched Orochimaru and concluded that, despite his talent, he was not Mount Myōboku’s destined one.

Uchiha Gin treated Sōshin Sadahime to a hot pot meal, where her enormous appetite revealed her promise as a food streamer. After she failed to locate Jigen with her listening ability, she reported that three people were fleeing Kagami Uchiha.

• Uchiha Gin brought Sōshin Sadahime to a hot pot restaurant and introduced her as a future food streamer.
• Sōshin Sadahime ordered every dish, devoured the super-spicy food, and asked for a hundred servings of frog.
• The restaurant owner arranged for freelance ninja to gather more frogs when the restaurant ran out.
• Sōshin Sadahime offered to repay Gin by listening for information across the Ninja World.
• Sōshin Sadahime could not hear anything about Jigen, but heard three people fleeing and shouting that Kagami Uchiha was still chasing them.

Kagami Uchiha’s red Guardian of Earth overwhelmed Hee, Ōnoki, and Katsura until Hee fused with the Eight-Tails to challenge him. As the colossal battle began, three clones tried to retrieve Tailed Beast Chakra, but Uchiha Madara interrupted them and transformed into the Crimson Knight.

• Kagami Uchiha chased Hee, Ōnoki, and Katsura, easily resisting Hee’s attacks and knocking Katsura and Ōnoki out of the air.
• Hee discovered that Ōnoki and Katsura had never successfully communicated with their Tailed Beasts, then called on the Eight-Tails for a Beast Fist Fusion.
• Hee transformed into the Mechanical Eight-Tailed Beast and charged Kagami Uchiha, beginning a battle between the giants.
• Three cloaked clones approached the battlefield to retrieve Tailed Beast Chakra, but Uchiha Madara stopped them before they could transform.
• The clones ate their gummies and became counterfeit Knights, prompting Uchiha Madara to transform into the Crimson Knight with his white camera and card.

Kagami Uchiha defeated Hee’s Mechanical Eight-Tailed Beast, while Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu tried to capture three counterfeit knights before their Abdominal Mouths could escape. Uchiha Gin’s transformation gear disappeared, and Sōshin Sadahime offered to help him.

• Kagami Uchiha blocked Hee’s Black Lightning: Flash with his Photon Ice Blade and defeated the Mechanical Eight-Tailed Beast.
• Uchiha Madara’s Crimson Knight defeated three counterfeit knights, and he ordered Black Zetsu to bind them and take them to the base.
• The counterfeit knights’ Abdominal Mouths attacked Black Zetsu and opened Teleportation Gates, prompting Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu to try to stop their escape.
• Uchiha Gin called for Sister Wang, but found only a Driver with a note saying she was tired.
• Sōshin Sadahime told Uchiha Gin she might be able to help him.

Uchiha Gin gained a new Black Hole form with Sōshin Sadahime’s help while Uchiha Madara tried to stop the fake Riders from escaping. Jigen emerged from an Abdominal Mouth, defeated Madara, absorbed the Three-Tails and Eight-Tails, and began transforming as Gin watched in horror.

• Sōshin Sadahime gave Uchiha Gin a Cobra Fullbottle and joined his Driver, allowing him to transform into a new Black Hole form.
• Kaguya watched from the Shadow Realm and regretted refusing to help Gin earlier.
• Uchiha Madara failed to stop the Teleportation Gate, wounded one fake Rider, and saw its Abdominal Mouth consume its owner before swallowing a light bullet.
• The Abdominal Mouth used the stored energy to bring Jigen onto the battlefield, where he dodged Madara’s attack and kicked him away.
• Jigen shrank the remaining two fake Riders into QQ Candies, identified them as the Three-Tails and Eight-Tails, and consumed them.
• Jigen began a transformation as Uchiha Gin descended toward the battlefield and reacted in alarm.

Jigen transformed into a Hybrid Knight using the Eight-Tails and Three-Tails’ Chakra and battled Uchiha Madara, overpowering him despite Madara’s powerful attacks and restoring his armor with stored Chakra. As Jigen prepared to strike Madara again, an unknown force restrained him and an unfamiliar voice intervened.

• Jigen transformed into a Hybrid Knight, and his armor withstood Uchiha Madara’s sword attacks before tentacles and Infinite Saw Creation drove Madara into a desperate defense.
• Uchiha Madara used his Decade cards to destroy the chainsaw forest and blasted Jigen with a massive light beam, badly damaging his armor.
• Jigen’s Crimson Maw released stored Tailed Beast Chakra and restored his Hybrid Knight form, allowing him to overwhelm Uchiha Madara.
• Jigen slapped Uchiha Madara across the face and raised his hand to strike again, but an unseen power restrained his arm as an unfamiliar voice spoke.

Uchiha Madara and Sasuke struggled against Jigen’s invisible attacks until Uchiha Gin detected Jigen’s miniaturization ability and prepared to intervene. Jigen trapped Madara in black cubes, but an unknown figure appeared and began moving them.

• Hashirama Senju restrained Jigen long enough for Sasuke to reach Uchiha Madara, but Jigen vanished before Madara’s sword struck him and Sasuke was wounded instead.
• Jigen attacked the unseen Sasuke and Madara repeatedly, while Uchiha Gin used his Mutated Byakugan to discover that Jigen had miniaturized himself.
• Jigen appeared before Madara and Black Zetsu, invited them to join him, and offered to study Black Zetsu’s unfamiliar Karma.
• Madara refused to surrender, drew nine Tailed Beast Cards, and dodged Jigen’s black cubes before they surrounded him.
• Jigen crushed the cubes around Madara, but they began moving on their own, and Jigen spotted an unknown figure he could not see through with his Byakugan.

Uchiha Gin, transformed into a powerful new form, confronted Jigen after rescuing Uchiha Madara and rejected Jigen’s offer of immortality. He countered Jigen’s attacks with ease, then ended their clash by kicking Jigen between the legs.

• Uchiha Gin emerged from the smoke carrying Jigen’s black cube and Uchiha Madara, then tossed Madara to Uchiha Sasuke.
• Jigen offered Uchiha Gin a pill promising eternal youth, but Uchiha Gin crushed it and refused to submit.
• Jigen attacked from a shrunken state, but Uchiha Gin detected him and knocked him back.
• Uchiha Gin used a black hole to devour Jigen’s tentacles while Sōshin Sadahime celebrated his power and Kaguya watched jealously from the Driver’s space.
• Jigen charged with a chainsaw lance, and Uchiha Gin blocked the attack before kicking him between the legs.
• Uchiha Madara noticed that Uchiha Sasuke showed no reaction to Jigen’s injury and asked whether Sasuke had lost what was down there.

Uchiha Gin survived Jigen’s crushing black cubes and counterattacked, tearing out Jigen’s kidneys. He handed them to Uchiha Madara and told Uchiha Sasuke to prepare them as sashimi.

• Uchiha Madara apologized after realizing his comment had touched a sore spot, then promised to eat all his green peppers.
• Uchiha Gin mocked Jigen after crushing his crotch, then swallowed many of Jigen’s black cubes through Kamisato Sadako’s black hole.
• Jigen enlarged the remaining cubes and buried Uchiha Gin, but Uchiha Gin returned through a spatial Teleportation Gate and saved Black Zetsu.
• Jigen offered Uchiha Gin a chance to serve him and threatened to use his genes to clone tools, but Uchiha Gin refused and stabbed through his chest.
• Jigen shrank himself with Sukunahikona, but Uchiha Gin took his kidneys and handed them to Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Gin instructed Uchiha Sasuke to preserve the kidneys’ flavor with the simplest cooking method, then revealed he meant sashimi.

Uchiha Gin battled Jigen while uncovering Black Zetsu’s identity beneath the guise of Uchiha Sasuke. Uchiha Madara chose to protect his partner, and Gin left them together, unaware that Jigen had been cremated by the Sunfire effect.

• Uchiha Madara, Black Zetsu, and Uchiha Gin fought off Jigen’s enlarged black cubes as Madara and Black Zetsu coordinated their attacks.
• Uchiha Gin swallowed the cubes with a black hole, and Jigen’s ambush failed against Gin’s spiked armor before the Sunfire effect began draining Jigen’s life energy.
• Uchiha Gin discovered that Uchiha Sasuke was Black Zetsu and offered to take him away, but Uchiha Madara refused to let Gin separate them.
• Black Zetsu was moved by Uchiha Madara’s loyalty, called him his partner, and broke down in tears as Madara promised to protect him.
• Uchiha Gin noticed Black Zetsu’s red name had vanished and left, then realized Jigen had also disappeared after the Sunfire effect cremated him.

Uchiha Gin captured Jigen’s Crimson Maw, handed Uchiha Madara the DiQi-bro name, and watched him leave with Uchiha Sasuke to follow the Tailed Beast Cards. Meanwhile, Kagami Uchiha fought the Allied Forces after exhausting his transformation, and the chapter ended with him battling Ōnoki and Hee using his eye technique and swordsmanship.

• Uchiha Gin found Jigen’s twitching Crimson Maw, sealed it, and renamed himself E total while passing the DiQi-bro title to Uchiha Madara.
• Uchiha Madara showed Uchiha Gin the Three-Tails, Four-Tails, and Eight-Tails Cards, then set off with Uchiha Sasuke to seek answers; Black Zetsu accompanied them.
• Uchiha Gin watched from the Shadow Realm and wondered whether Black Zetsu was male or female.
• Jigen awoke in the Land of Valleys laboratory, suffered renewed pain, and vowed revenge on Uchiha Gin.
• Kagami Uchiha faced Ōnoki, Katsura, and Hee after his giant form and Sapphire Cone were spent, then defeated Katsura by reflecting his attack damage through a Clone.
• Ōnoki and Hee attacked Kagami Uchiha together, but Kagami used his sword and Nintaijutsu to burn and wound them.

Kagami Uchiha fought Ōnoki, Hee, and Katsura until their coordinated attacks overwhelmed him, and he nearly mutilated himself to avoid capture. Uchiha Madara arrived in a crimson knight form, stopped him, and identified himself as Decade before preparing to face the three Tailed Beast Knights.

• Katsura used a Forbidden Technique to recover, and he, Ōnoki, and Hee joined forces against Kagami Uchiha.
• Kagami Uchiha fought through their attacks but was caught by Hee’s lightning and blasted into a rock.
• Hee and Ōnoki argued over taking Kagami Uchiha as a prisoner, and Kagami raised his sword to castrate himself rather than be captured.
• Uchiha Madara appeared, caught Kagami’s sword, and slapped him before the others could stop him.
• Uchiha Madara called himself Decade, the destroyer of worlds and the Crimson Demon who destroys all knights, then drew three cards.

Uchiha Madara, disguised as the Crimson Knight, defeated Ōnoki, Hee, and Katsura before leaving the battlefield. Danzo then launched a surprise attack with the Three Thousand Sarutobi Army, triggering a war that became known as the First Ninja World War.

• The Crimson Knight defeated Ōnoki, Hee, and Katsura, collected their blank Tailed Beast Cards, and departed.
• Ōnoki agreed to end the confrontation with Kagami Uchiha, but explosions at the allied forces’ border camp made him accuse Kagami of betraying him.
• Danzo arrived and admitted that he had led the Three Thousand Sarutobi Army in a surprise attack on the Lightning, Earth, and Water Allied Forces.
• Ōnoki and Hee abandoned their Tailed Beast Knight transformations after Kagami warned Danzo that DiQi-bro might return.
• Ōnoki blasted Danzo with a rock spike, but Kagami revived him with a life-saving potion as Ōnoki and the others escaped.
• The battle sparked the First Ninja World War after the three allied leaders’ ambush of Kagami Uchiha became known.

Hiruzen received an urgent report that Danzo had caused a major incident at the front, prompting Konoha’s leaders to prepare for war and summon the clan representatives. On the way to the meeting, Uchiha Gin ran into Hyuga Hiten and Senju Hi Shin, whose complaints about the Senju Clan’s dissolution made Gin nervously offer to delay collecting his debt.

• Hiruzen read a report about Danzo’s actions on the front lines and summoned Utatane Koharu, Torifu Akimichi, and Mitokado Homura to discuss the crisis.
• Mitokado Homura argued that Konoha had to fight, while Torifu Akimichi and Utatane Koharu assured Hiruzen that supplies and medical kits were available.
• Hiruzen ordered Mitokado Homura to gather the major ninja clans for a meeting the next morning.
• Uchiha Gin stopped Hyuga Hiten on his way to the meeting, asked after Hyuga Tenyo, and stained Hiten’s new robe with greasy fingerprints.
• Uchiha Gin demanded payment from Senju Hi Shin, who blamed a supposed Land of Waves official for the Senju Clan’s dissolution.
• Senju Hi Shin praised Uchiha Gin as a good person after he offered to give her more time to repay him.

Uchiha Gin learned that he had been officially retired from Konoha Prison, despite Hiruzen’s promise to prevent it. After leaving the prison and drowning his disappointment in Strawberry Milk, he ran into Chiyo, who agreed to treat him to a meal.

• Senju Hi Shin told Uchiha Gin that Danzo had started the war, and Gin went to work at Konoha Prison as usual.
• Gin discovered that the prisoners and staff knew he was on the retirement list, and a prisoner confirmed that the Hokage had approved the order.
• Gin confronted Morino Ibiki, learned Ibiki had assumed he already knew, and left the prison cursing Hiruzen.
• Gin stopped at an izakaya, drank all its Strawberry Milk, and left when the owner ran out.
• Chiyo greeted Gin on the street, and he asked her to treat him to a meal.

Uchiha Gin sampled Ichiraku Ramen with Chiyo, learned that the war had begun, and returned home to discover he had been laid off. As Konoha’s clans debated wartime reinforcements, Uchiha Setsuna confronted Uchiha Lucha over the Uchiha Clan’s refusal to contribute manpower.

• Uchiha Gin and Chiyo ate at the newly opened Ichiraku, where Gin praised the owner’s dedication and learned the shop was named after his son.
• Chiyo told Uchiha Gin that fighting had started and that the Third Mizukage was near death; she also said Sunagakure would remain Konoha’s ally before leaving.
• Uchiha Gin returned home and told Senju Itama he had been laid off, then showed her his new Genin headband and heard her concerns about the war and Senju Hi Shin possibly being sent as reinforcements.
• At a wartime mobilization meeting, the Shimura, Inuzuka, Yamanaka, Akimichi, Senju, and Hyuga clans pledged support, while Uchiha Lucha said the Uchiha Clan could spare no manpower.
• Uchiha Setsuna entered the meeting and accused Uchiha Lucha of putting selfish desires above Konoha’s future and Lord Madara’s legacy.