Chapter Summaries

Kaguya Musashi agreed to cooperate with Black Zetsu, while Seiji and Hyou told Genji that Madara Uchiha was alive and explained how age and external power affected his strength. Seiji then revealed the Jōgan’s abilities and shared some of the shinobi world’s hidden truths, leaving Hyou and Genji stunned.

• Kaguya Musashi accepted Black Zetsu’s offer to cooperate after mistaking Black Zetsu’s probe for proof that he knew about his grudge against Seiji.
• Seiji visited Hyou in the hospital with Genji, and Hyou thanked Seiji for saving him and Kirigakure from Madara Uchiha.
• Hyou and Seiji confirmed to Genji that Madara Uchiha had attacked them, shocking Genji, who had believed Madara was dead.
• Seiji explained that Madara was old and relied on external power, then told Hyou and Genji that Madara’s white outer layer sustained his strength.
• Seiji demonstrated his Jōgan and explained its abilities, exciting Hyou and Genji with the prospect of Kirigakure possessing a Byakugan-like bloodline Dōjutsu.
• Seiji shared some of the shinobi world’s hidden truths with Hyou and Genji, leaving them astonished.

After learning the truth about the Otsutsuki, Hyō and Genji asked Seiji to become Mizukage after the Great Shinobi War, and he accepted. At Seiji’s home, Uzumaki Shinji and Kana met Nagato, while Shinji prepared to reveal a matter concerning his clan.

• Hyō and Genji, convinced Seiji could lead Hidden Mist Village, offered him the Mizukage position after the war, and Seiji agreed.
• Uzumaki Shinji and Kana met Nagato, whose red hair and bloodline led Shinji to recognize him as an Uzumaki.
• Seiji explained to Nagato that the remaining Uzumaki clansmen lived in Hidden Mist Village, but let him take time to decide whether to use the Uzumaki surname.
• Shinji told Seiji he had come to discuss an important matter, trusting the advice of the former clan head, Ashina Uzumaki.

Uzumaki Shinji brought his sister, Uzumaki Kana, to Seiji after she awakened the Uzumaki Clan’s Vitality Healing ability. Seiji promised to protect Kana from experimentation and unnecessary use, then took her to treat the injured Third Mizukage Hyou.

• Shinji told Seiji that Kana had awakened a rare Uzumaki ability, and Seiji identified it as Vitality Healing.
• Seiji promised Shinji that Kirigakure would not subject Kana to human experimentation or require her to use the ability unless necessary or she volunteered.
• Shinji thanked Seiji, and Kana agreed to help treat Third Mizukage Hyou as her contribution to Kirigakure.
• Genji urged Seiji to take Kana to the Hidden Mist Hospital, and Seiji reassured Shinji that he would keep her safe.
• Shinji returned to the Uzumaki Clan and asked Seiji to bring Kana home afterward.

Seiji brought Uzumaki Kana to heal Third Mizukage Hyou, whose recovery restored his strength and eased his worries about Hidden Mist Village. Hyou then accepted Kana as his disciple, giving the Uzumaki Clan stronger protection and a firmer place in the village.

• Genji and Seiji brought Uzumaki Kana to Hyou, who was thrilled to learn that she possessed Vitality Healing.
• Hyou worried that healing him might harm Kana, but Seiji reassured him that he would keep her safe.
• Kana let Hyou bite her arm, and Seiji replenished her Chakra as Vitality Healing restored Hyou's damaged body.
• Hyou recovered completely but maintained his decision to pass the Mizukage position to Seiji.
• Genji suggested that Hyou take disciples, and Hyou invited Kana to become his student.
• Kana accepted, strengthening the Uzumaki Clan's standing and protection within Hidden Mist Village.

After a month of political changes and training in Kirigakure, Seiji’s story shifted to Konoha’s invasion of Amegakure. Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade’s elite force was ambushed by Hanzō and Amegakure, leaving them trapped beneath a devastating Water Release attack.

• Genji persuaded the Third Mizukage Hyou to take Uzumaki Kana as his disciple, helping the Uzumaki Clan integrate into Kirigakure.
• Over the next month, Hyou returned to work and let Seiji handle some village affairs, while Seiji continued training Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan.
• Konoha secretly gathered fifteen hundred elite shinobi and sent them through the Land of Rivers into the Land of Rain under Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade.
• With Shimura Danzō’s help, Hanzō learned Konoha’s battle plan and prepared an ambush.
• Orochimaru sensed danger as the Konoha force entered a valley basin, but Amegakure shinobi surrounded them and unleashed a combined Great Waterfall Technique in the torrential rain.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade realized their plan had been leaked and that they would have to fight to survive.

Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade led Konoha’s elite Ninja in defending against Amegakure’s flood and assault, then fought Hanzo together. Hanzo held off their attacks while Amegakure and Salamander Ibuse drove the Konoha forces back with heavy casualties.

• Jiraiya directed Earth Release Ninja to raise walls and sink the flooded ground, though some Konoha Ninja died in the first attack.
• Hanzo summoned Salamander Ibuse and charged Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, intending to defeat Konoha’s commanders.
• Hanzo struck Orochimaru and sent him flying, but Orochimaru escaped with the Substitution Technique.
• Tsunade drove Hanzo into an earthen wall with her strength, but he evaded her follow-up kick and clashed with Jiraiya’s Lion’s Mane Technique.
• While Hanzo fought the three commanders, Salamander Ibuse’s poisonous gas helped the Rain Shinobi inflict severe casualties on the outnumbered Konoha forces.
• Jiraiya attacked Hanzo with a fireball, but Hanzo split it with a blade aura from his Kusarigama.

Hanzo gained the upper hand against Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, but the three summoned their beasts to turn the battle around. The chapter ended with Jiraiya and Gamabunta unleashing a blazing oil-and-fire attack against Ibuse’s poisonous smoke.

• Hanzo used a Water Dragon Bullet as a feint, then threw his scythe at Tsunade, but Orochimaru caught it with snakes from his Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.
• Hanzo pulled Orochimaru toward him with his chain and cut him in half, while Jiraiya struck at Hanzo with a Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
• Orochimaru emerged unharmed using the Orochimaru-Style Body Replacement Technique, and Tsunade proposed that the three summon their beasts.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade summoned Mansha, Gamabunta, and Katsuyu, while Hanzo called Ibuse to the battlefield.
• Ibuse sprayed poisonous smoke; Mansha took Orochimaru underground, Katsuyu divided to aid the Konoha Ninja, and Jiraiya and Gamabunta combined oil and fire to attack the smoke.

Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade coordinated attacks against Hanzo, but his strength and Salamander Ibuse's poison overwhelmed them. Jiraiya was badly injured protecting Tsunade, and the three Sannin were left facing defeat.

• Jiraiya trapped Salamander Ibuse in a swamp, but Ibuse's poison injured Mansha and forced Orochimaru and the summons to retreat.
• Hanzo attacked Tsunade with explosive tags, and Jiraiya pulled her clear and shielded them both with his hardened hair.
• Orochimaru restrained Hanzo while Jiraiya fired hair needles, but Hanzo escaped with Water Body Flicker and reappeared near Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya collapsed from injuries sustained while shielding Tsunade, who supported him and apologized.
• Orochimaru acknowledged that their combined attacks had failed, and Jiraiya wondered whether the fight was over.

Hanzō defeated Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade but spared them and named them the Hidden Leaf's Three Ninja. Konoha and Amegakure ended the war in a costly ceasefire, leaving Konoha nominally victorious and Amegakure with resources to recover.

• With both armies devastated, Hanzō decided to spare Hiruzen Sarutobi's disciples and offered to end the fighting.
• Jiraiya protested Hanzō's mercy, but Tsunade stopped him, and Hanzō granted the three the title of the Hidden Leaf's Three Ninja.
• Hanzō departed with the Rain Shinobi, leaving the exhausted trio among the battlefield's dead; Orochimaru and Tsunade encouraged the despairing Jiraiya.
• Only eight of Konoha's fifteen hundred elite shinobi returned, and five survivors were too injured to serve as shinobi again.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Hanzō's ceasefire terms under pressure from Konoha's clans, paid Amegakure substantial resources and money, and allowed Hanzō to publicly recognize Konoha as the victor.

Kaguya Kaze weighed his loyalty to the Kaguya Clan against his belief that the clan belonged within Hidden Mist Village, and decided to oppose Kaguya Musashi’s planned coup. He secretly traveled to the Mizukage Tower to act before Musashi could lead the clan to ruin.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi traced the intelligence leak behind the defeat to Shimura Danzō but forgave him for lack of proof and because his disciples were safe.
• Kaguya Kaze reflected on how Kaguya Musashi had driven his branch to ruin and left him its sole survivor.
• Kaguya Kaze learned that Musashi was secretly gathering the clan’s strength for a coup in Hidden Mist Village.
• Remembering his family’s teachings and his bond with the village, Kaguya Kaze resolved to save the clan from Musashi’s ambitions.
• Kaguya Kaze used a clan mission as cover, evaded any followers, and went to the Mizukage Tower.

Kaguya Kaze warned Hyou and Seiji that the Kaguya Clan was preparing a coup, and Hyou assigned Seiji to handle it. Meanwhile, the Hidden Sand launched an attack on Konoha’s camp, unaware that Hyuga Cloud had spotted its movements.

• Suikazan Fuguki reported that Kaguya Kaze had come to meet the Mizukage, and Hyou and Seiji went to the Anbu Main Base to see him.
• Kaguya Kaze recognized Seiji and revealed that the Kaguya Clan was planning a coup.
• Kaguya Kaze explained Kaguya Musashi’s preparations, and Hyou left the matter to Seiji, who resolved to confront his uncle.
• In the Land of Rivers, Imo and Minazuki led a Hidden Sand force on a flanking attack against Konoha’s camp to force a decisive battle with Hatake Sakumo.
• Hyuga Cloud spotted the Hidden Sand’s movements with his Byakugan, but Imo and Minazuki’s force continued toward the camp, unaware they had been detected.

Hatake Sakumo lured Imo and Sunagakure’s forces into an explosive ambush, inflicting heavy losses before leading Konoha’s counterattack. Imo and Minazuki fought back with their ten puppets, leaving Hatake Sakumo surrounded and searching for a decisive opening.

• Hatake Sakumo evacuated Konoha’s ninja and left Shadow Clones and Exploding Tags in the camp to ambush Sunagakure.
• Imo dismissed Minazuki’s worries and led the Hidden Sand forces toward Konoha’s camp, hoping to defeat Hatake Sakumo before reinforcements arrived.
• Imo ordered the puppets to attack first, but the Exploding Tags detonated as the Hidden Sand forces entered the camp, killing nearly one-fifth of their forces.
• Hatake Sakumo led Konoha’s counterattack and used White Fang Blade Technique: Flash to cut Imo’s foremost puppet in two.
• Imo and Minazuki summoned ten puppets and attacked Hatake Sakumo together, while he dodged their encirclement and searched for an opening.

Hatake Sakumo destroyed Imo and Minazuki’s puppets while the battle between the Hidden Sand and Konoha forces remained at a stalemate. He broke through their poison smoke and killed them both, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• Hatake Sakumo planted an Exploding Tag on a puppet, destroying it, then disabled another with his White Fang Blade Technique.
• Hatake Sakumo continued dismantling the puppets as Imo rejected Minazuki’s suggestion to retreat and waited for Hidden Sand reinforcements.
• Imo and Minazuki released poison smoke from their remaining four puppets, forcing nearby Hidden Sand and Konoha ninja to retreat.
• Hatake Sakumo charged through the poison smoke and severed Imo’s left arm with the White Light Chakra Sabre.
• Hatake Sakumo hurled the sabre toward Imo, and Minazuki sacrificed herself to shield him, but the blade pierced them both and killed Imo.

Hatake Sakumo’s forces defeated Sunagakure’s surprise attack, killing both Imo and Minazuki. In the Land of Fire, Seiji watched Sanzu Amado complete a portable chakra-powered radio and began envisioning its use in future wars.

• Minazuki released poisonous smoke and detonated her remaining puppets, forcing Hatake Sakumo to abandon pursuit and withdraw.
• Minazuki died from blood loss while retreating, and Konoha celebrated Hatake Sakumo’s victory over Sunagakure.
• Chiyo later led another assault against Konoha, but Tsunade neutralized her poisons.
• Seiji received news of a successful radio test and traveled to the northeastern Land of Fire to meet Sanzu Amado.
• Sanzu Amado demonstrated a portable Chakra Radio and an ear-mounted Chakra Radio Telephone that could transmit over long distances using chakra.
• Seiji imagined using the devices to coordinate Hidden Mist Village’s forces and relay battlefield orders in future wars.

After expanding wireless telephone production, Seiji followed a summons from his Otsutsuki bloodline to a hidden Space Tunnel leading to the moon. He explored the tunnel but decided to return to Kirigakure and gather others before traveling there.

• Seiji told Sanzu Amado to expand wireless telephone production and improve the devices' communication range.
• Seiji sensed a summons from his bloodline and followed it to a concealed cave in the Land of Fire.
• Seiji used his Jōgan to find the hidden Space Tunnel that the Hyuga Clan had used to return from the moon.
• Seiji passed through the cave's illusion and barrier, then observed golden spheres that could trap intruders in genjutsu.
• Seiji left without traveling to the moon, marked the cave entrance with Pupil Power, and prepared to return to Kirigakure to gather people.

Seiji demonstrated the Chakra Radio and Ear-hook Chakra Phone to Hyou and Genji, who decided to distribute them across Kirigakure once they entered mass production. He then revealed that the moon had been created by the Sage of Six Paths and could be reached through a Space Tunnel, leaving him weighing how many Hidden Mist Ninja to take there.

• Seiji showed Hyou and Genji how the Chakra Radio and Ear-hook Chakra Phone worked, demonstrating them with several Anbu ninjas.
• Hyou and Genji recognized the devices' battlefield value and decided to distribute them throughout Kirigakure after mass production began.
• Seiji told Hyou and Genji about his discoveries in the Land of Fire, including the moon's artificial origin and a Space Tunnel leading to it.
• Hyou and Genji were overwhelmed by the revelation, while Seiji considered the Moon Otsutsuki Clan's unknown strength and how many Hidden Mist Ninja to bring.
• Hyou recovered and asked Seiji what he was thinking.

Seiji and Hyou prepared to travel to the moon by choosing a small team and first making Yagura the Three-Tails Jinchuriki. Yagura agreed to become the host, and the chapter ended as the Three-Tails was released for Seiji to test its strength.

• Seiji recommended that only a few people travel to the moon, and Hyou decided to go with him while Elder Genji and Ken guarded the village.
• Hyou told Seiji that Yagura had volunteered to become the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, and Seiji accepted his choice.
• Seiji met Yagura and Chino at a sushi restaurant, where Yagura confirmed he was ready to become a Jinchuriki and Seiji told him to rest before the procedure.
• Chino demanded to know what Seiji and Yagura were discussing, and Seiji escaped, leaving Yagura to face her anger.
• Three days later, Seiji asked to confront the Three-Tails at the former Outpost 3, and the sealing squad released the beast as Yagura watched.

Seiji fought the newly released Three-Tails while Third Mizukage Hyou and Yagura watched. He blocked its attacks and advanced toward it, leaving the battle ongoing.

• The Three-Tails spotted Third Mizukage Hyou and fired a Tailed Beast Ball, but Seiji disrupted its aim with Earth Release: Earth Core Displacement.
• Seiji blocked the Three-Tails’ Isobu Great Waterfall with multiple earth walls and charged across the water.
• The Three-Tails fired five Isobu Iron Cannonballs at Seiji, who stopped them with Takamagahara and five Daikokuten.

Seiji created and used a Tailed Beast Ball against the Three-Tails, injuring it but suffering the blast himself. As they prepared to continue fighting, the Three-Tails recognized Seiji’s horns and suspected he was a pure-blooded member of the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Seiji used Sukuna Hikona to evade the Three-Tails’ tail strike, then propelled himself toward it.
• Seiji copied the Three-Tails’ technique and formed a Tailed Beast Ball, though he struggled to control it.
• Seiji struck the Three-Tails’ shell with the unstable Tailed Beast Ball and leaped away behind a bone shield.
• The explosion cracked the Three-Tails’ shell and made it bleed, while the blast shattered Seiji’s shield and left him disheveled.
• Seiji resolved to refine the Tailed Beast Ball as a long-range weapon and considered how it could help him fight Madara Uchiha.
• The Three-Tails studied Seiji’s horns and was shaken by the possibility that he was a pure-blooded Otsutsuki.

Seiji stopped the Three-Tails with a vast bone forest and sealed it with the Uzumaki Clan’s Tail Locking Seal. Hyou ordered the sealing squad to begin the Jinchuriki ritual, while Yagura resolved to keep training until he could catch up to Seiji.

• The Three-Tails rolled toward Seiji, but he slowed it with Water Release and blocked its charge with Dance of the Seedling Fern.
• Seiji’s bone forest pierced the Three-Tails’ abdomen and pinned its limbs and tails as it tried to break free.
• Seiji channeled the Uzumaki Clan’s Tail Locking Seal through the bones, suppressing the Three-Tails and stopping its struggles.
• Hyou praised Seiji, while Yagura felt doubt about matching his strength before resolving to work harder.
• Hyou ordered the sealing squad to prepare for the Jinchuriki sealing ritual.