Recaps

Seiji defeated Kira Uchiha, helped end Kaguya Musashi’s rebellion, and became Kirigakure’s Fourth Mizukage as the Great Shinobi War drew to a close. After Konoha and Iwagakure signed a peace treaty, Hyou handed Seiji authority over Kirigakure.

• Seiji killed Kira Uchiha after overcoming his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo, then took his eyes and returned to Kirigakure.
• Seiji and Hyou ended Kaguya Musashi’s coup, while Seiji captured part of Black Zetsu and turned Musashi into a controlled puppet tasked with searching for Madara Uchiha.
• Seiji won Lord Water’s approval as Fourth Mizukage after Hyou presented his accomplishments, and Kirigakure continued reforms that included training Kisame Hoshigaki and Mei Terumi.
• Tsunade created an antidote that helped Konoha defeat Sunagakure, but Dan Katō’s death and Nawaki Senju’s death left her with hemophobia.
• Jiraiya held back Iwagakure’s forces in the Land of Grass, then Hiruzen Sarutobi led a counterattack that ended with Red Earth’s death and Iwagakure’s retreat.
• Konoha and Iwagakure signed a peace treaty on June 8th of Mist Year 37, ending the Great Shinobi War, and Hyou handed Mizukage authority to Seiji.

Seiji became the Fourth Mizukage, strengthened Kirigakure, and selected Mei Terumi as the Six-Tails’ jinchuriki. He left the village to confront Madara Uchiha, defeated him after a prolonged battle, and returned to Kirigakure with Madara’s and Tobi’s corpses.

• Hyou inaugurated Seiji as the Fourth Mizukage on July 1, and Seiji pledged to lead Kirigakure into a new era.
• Seiji chose Mei Terumi to become the Six-Tails’ jinchuriki after Kisame Hoshigaki proved compatible, then transferred Saiken into her.
• Seiji reorganized Kirigakure’s administration into nine departments, appointed their leaders, and placed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen under the Defense Department.
• Seiji tracked Madara Uchiha to his base and fought him across the Land of Frost, escalating the battle with Tenseigan Chakra Mode and his Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Seiji split Madara and his Susanoo with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Madara used Izanagi to survive and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Seiji sealed the statue with Planetary Devastation, destroyed Madara’s spare Sharingan, and wore down his borrowed life force until Madara reverted to his dying state.
• Seiji removed the Tobi shell and killed Madara, then concealed and buried the battlefield before taking both corpses back to Kirigakure.
• Seiji presented Madara’s and Tobi’s corpses to Hyou and Genji, who asked him how the battle had gone.

Seiji oversaw the Trio’s graduation and sent them with Tenshin to recruit Kakuzu, while Kirigakure prepared to exploit Danzō’s plan against Hatake Sakumo. Meanwhile, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen confronted Shennong, who overwhelmed Fuguki and left the fight unresolved.

• Seiji’s corpse plan failed when Madara revived himself with a prepared Izanagi, then escaped to a new base and began searching for a successor.
• Three years later, Seiji assessed Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan in combat, then graduated them as Genin and assigned them to Otsutsuki Tenshin.
• Seiji helped Otsutsuki Gara through a difficult pregnancy, while Urashiki secretly traveled toward the Ninja World to investigate Kaguya’s aura.
• Seiji accepted Danzō’s proposal to target Hatake Sakumo, but sent Tenshin and the Trio to hire Kakuzu rather than committing Kirigakure’s main forces.
• Tenshin and the Trio battled Kakuzu until Seiji’s Shadow Clone intervened, then hired Kakuzu for thirty million ryō to sabotage Sakumo’s mission.
• Seiji sent the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and Uzumaki Shinji to capture Shennong, whom they tracked to the Land of Fire.
• Shennong revealed his identity and fought the Seven Swordsmen, regenerating from severe injuries and opening the Seventh Gate of Wonder.
• Shennong entered the Eight Inner Gates state, broke Suikazan Fuguki’s arms, and struck him into a crater before Samehada restored Fuguki with stored chakra.

Seiji secured Shennong and watched Hatake Sakumo fall victim to Shimura Danzō’s scheme, then destroyed Mouryou and prepared for Urashiki Otsutsuki’s arrival. After confronting Urashiki on the moon, Seiji accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s invitation to send Genin to the Joint Chunin Exams and attend their third round in Konoha.

• Suikazan Fuguki and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist exhausted Shennong’s Dark Chakra, allowing Uzumaki Shinji to capture him and Seiji to turn him into a loyal subordinate.
• Shimura Danzō’s false intelligence led Hatake Sakumo into a trap, and Danzō’s rumors helped drive Sakumo to end his life after returning to Konoha.
• Seiji reached Six Paths Level as Mei Terumi, Uzumaki Kana, and Kisame Hoshigaki graduated, while Otsutsuki Toneri was born with his ancestral bloodline restored.
• Seiji rescued Miroku from the Ghost Legion, then destroyed Mouryou after it revived and escaped its seal.
• Miroku’s prophecy showed Seiji facing a figure with a red fishing rod and a ten-tailed beast, and Seiji recognized the figure as Urashiki Otsutsuki.
• Urashiki attacked Kirigakure’s outpost, learned of Seiji from Juzo Biwa’s memories, and fought Seiji on the moon before escaping back to the shinobi world.
• Minato Namikaze arrived in Kirigakure as Konoha’s envoy, and Seiji agreed to send Genin to the Joint Chunin Exams and attend the third round in Konoha.
• Seiji sought Hyou’s help analyzing Hiruzen Sarutobi’s intentions after meeting with Minato Namikaze.