Chapter Summaries

The first round of the Jonin exam concluded, leaving six contestants for the final matches. Masahiko considered the next matchups and learned that Tsunade could use four Chakra natures, including Fire Release.

• Tsunade defeated Kusagakure's old ninja, and Masahiko announced that she would receive a bye into the final six.
• The Daimyo asked whether Tsunade could win, while Tobirama declared that the final three would all be from Konoha.
• Jiraiya defeated Dan Katō, Gai narrowly beat Sasori's father, and the Aburame ninja defeated Sasori's mother; Hozuki Hangetsu and the future Third Kazekage also won their matches.
• Masahiko noted that the next day's matches would pit Jiraiya against Misa and Tsunade against the Aburame ninja, while Might Duy would face Hozuki Hangetsu.
• Jiraiya bragged to Tsunade after his victory, and she punched him through the arena wall.
• Masahiko asked how Tsunade would counter the Aburame ninja, and she revealed that she could use every Chakra nature except Wind Release and had learned Uchiha Fire Release techniques from Uncle Kagami.

Masahiko watched the Jonin Joint Exam in Konoha Stadium alongside Chiyo, Tobirama, and the Daimyo. Konoha’s contestants won all three matches, and Chiyo realized Masahiko had secretly given Jiraiya extra power before the chapter ended with the teams checking on Misa.

• Masahiko dismissed three Uzumaki Chunin after telling them to improve before they could join the Patrol Squad as Jonin, then helped prepare the stadium barriers.
• Masahiko took the Daimyo’s seat, and the Daimyo calmly accepted another chair when Tobirama arranged one for him.
• Might Duy opened the Gate of View and defeated Hozuki Hangetsu with the Morning Peacock, despite Chiyo expecting the Hozuki ninja to win.
• Tsunade defeated an Aburame Clan Chunin with Fire Release, surprising Chiyo, who had predicted the Aburame ninja would win.
• Jiraiya defeated Misa after Masahiko secretly lent him chakra, and Chiyo acknowledged that Misa had done well before sending the Red-Haired Boy to check on him.

Masahiko set out to find Jiraiya after Jiraiya was reverse-summoned to an unknown place and discovered that he had reached Mount Myōboku. The Great Toad Sage recognized Masahiko from an old prophecy and summoned him for a meeting.

• Jiraiya fled after Hiruzen, Orochimaru, and Tsunade showed off their new summoning abilities, then accidentally used Reverse Summoning and disappeared.
• Masahiko agreed to search for Jiraiya and learned from Lord Slug that Mount Myōboku lay south of Shikkotsu Forest.
• Masahiko reached Mount Myōboku, sensed Jiraiya moving deeper into the land, and detected the Great Toad Sage's immense Chakra.
• The Great Toad Sage woke and sent Sage Fukasaku to bring Masahiko and the other guest, Jiraiya, to him.
• Sage Fukasaku met Masahiko and guided him deeper into Mount Myōboku to meet the Great Toad Sage.

Masahiko and Jiraiya visited Mount Myōboku, where the Great Toad Sage foretold that Masahiko would fight a black-haired man with twin side buns and Rinnegan-like eyes amid widespread battles. Jiraiya signed a contract with the toads, while Masahiko was left worried about an unknown future opponent.

• Fukasaku and Shima brought Masahiko and Jiraiya to meet the Great Toad Sage at Mount Myōboku.
• The Great Toad Sage revealed that Jiraiya was destined to visit Mount Myōboku and form a contract with its toad clan.
• Masahiko asked about his own prophecy, and the Great Toad Sage foresaw him battling a young man with eyes like Hagoromo amid other fierce battles.
• The Great Toad Sage said he could not see the opponent's face but described him as black-haired with twin side buns, alarming Masahiko.
• Jiraiya signed the toad clan's contract scroll while Masahiko tried to identify his prophesied opponent.

Masahiko and Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku after the Great Toad Sage prophesied that Jiraiya’s disciple would become the Child of Prophecy. Back in Konoha, Tobirama revealed that his health was failing and asked Masahiko for blood, but Masahiko explained that his cells could not grant longevity.

• After a month on Mount Myōboku, Sage Fukasaku told Jiraiya that the Great Toad Sage wanted to see him.
• Jiraiya returned excited, saying the Great Toad Sage had foretold that his disciple would become the Child of Prophecy and end the shinobi world’s wars.
• Masahiko and Jiraiya left Mount Myōboku and traveled through Shikkotsu Forest before reaching Konoha.
• Masahiko sent Jiraiya to find his teammates and teacher, then went to the Hokage Office Building to see Tobirama.
• Tobirama asked Masahiko for blood and admitted that his health had steadily worsened over the past two years.
• Masahiko said his cells could not provide longevity and warned Tobirama that reviving the dead carried costs he would understand later.

Masahiko stayed in Konoha, trained his Gentle Fist, and attended Tobirama’s final elders’ meeting, where the village prepared to choose its next Hokage. Sarutobi Hiruzen became the Third Hokage, while changes to the Council of Elders gave Masahiko additional Witness Points.

• Masahiko continued guiding the Uzumaki Clan and training Gentle Fist, raising it to level six.
• Sakumo summoned Masahiko to Tobirama, who announced that Hiruzen and Danzo were candidates for Hokage and asked the clans to prepare nominations.
• Tobirama asked Masahiko to renew Konoha’s alliance with the Uzumaki Clan, but Masahiko said Mito’s presence made it unnecessary.
• A month later, Hiruzen became the Third Hokage and delivered his inaugural speech, while Danzo offered him sincere congratulations despite his disappointment.
• Masahiko received Witness Points for Hiruzen’s succession and for Kagami Uchiha and the father of the Hyuga Brothers replacing two elders.

After Yuna vanished with Dōzan, Masahiko and the others searched for them, only to learn Yuna had abandoned Dōzan and continued her escape alone. Masahiko returned to Konoha without finding her and discovered she had created a bracelet that blocked Chakra sensing.

• Tobirama told Masahiko he had destroyed his experimental site, dealt with the prisoners, and sealed the Impure World Reincarnation in Konoha's Scroll of Seals.
• Sakumo reported that Yuna had left a letter and disappeared with Dōzan, prompting Masahiko, Tobirama, and Sakumo to search in different directions.
• Masahiko found Dōzan near Konoha and read Yuna's letter, which said she had left him behind and did not want anyone to search for her.
• Masahiko sent Dōzan back to Konoha with a Shadow Clone and searched for Yuna, but could not sense her Chakra.
• Iko told Masahiko that Yuna had made a bracelet that blocked Chakra fluctuations and defeated even Mito's sensory abilities.

Masahiko searched for the missing Yuna, but his efforts stirred suspicion among the villages and failed to find her. After years of training, he returned to Uzumaki and said goodbye to Tobirama, who died less than half a month later.

• Masahiko asked Tobirama to have trusted Anbu secretly search for Yuna and sent Iko back to Uzumaki to keep her departure quiet.
• Masahiko's Shadow Clones searched the villages and triggered sensory alarms with the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, renewing mutual suspicion across the shinobi world.
• Masahiko learned that Sunagakure had sealed Shukaku into a monk and that Kumogakure had developed Two-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Masahiko trained Gentle Fist for more than two years, reaching Level 8 by Konoha Year 29.
• Masahiko returned to Uzumaki after bidding farewell to Tobirama and other Konoha acquaintances.
• Tobirama died less than half a month after Masahiko left Konoha.

Masahiko trained Kushina and discovered that her Chakra naturally affected the Nine-Tails, while tensions rose after Tobirama’s death. As the Second Shinobi War began to gather force, Masahiko refused Konoha’s request for aid and prepared the Uzumaki Clan for trouble with Kirigakure.

• Masahiko sent Nanako to attend Tobirama’s funeral and began teaching nearly five-year-old Kushina to extract Chakra.
• Masahiko sensed that Kushina’s Chakra disturbed the Nine-Tails and decided to send her to Konoha School in a few years.
• After Tobirama’s death, Masahiko ordered Uzumaki Gosha to kill any further Kirigakure spies without mercy.
• Iko brought Masahiko Konoha’s request for aid against suspicious moves by Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Amegakure, and Masahiko refused to help.
• Hiruzen and Danzo discussed Konoha’s preparations, and Danzo volunteered to lead a team against Sunagakure.

Masahiko organized the Uzumaki Clan into units as they prepared for Kirigakure’s impending attack on the Land of Whirlpools. After demonstrating his power to rally the clan, he agreed to Iko’s plan to train the younger ninjas while assigning elites to protect them.

• Masahiko’s disciples took command of the Uzumaki units, and the clan distributed weapons and experimental equipment before battle.
• Iko told Masahiko that the clan needed to face danger because its average strength had declined, and he agreed to mobilize them.
• Masahiko warned the assembled ninjas that Kirigakure had finished reconnaissance and that war was about to begin.
• Masahiko used Sage Art—Dust Release—Particle Style: Level Splitting Jutsu on the sea, producing a massive vortex that raised the clan’s confidence.
• Iko explained that she had assigned Patrol Squad elites to protect groups of clan members, and Masahiko approved her plan.

Masahiko learned that Kumogakure had advanced toward the Land of Whirlpools and went to intercept A, the Third Raikage, outside the border. After easily countering A’s attack, he saw that Kumogakure had brought the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki to face him.

• Kirigakure’s fleet was destroyed by a white beam and a massive whirlpool, delaying its planned attack on the Land of Whirlpools.
• Masahiko learned that Kumogakure was less than fifty li from the Land of Whirlpools and suspected it had allied with Kirigakure.
• Masahiko told Iko to guard the clan while he flew out to stop Kumogakure’s advance.
• Masahiko met A and sent him flying by twisting his elbow so his own punch struck his chest.
• A brought the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki forward, and Masahiko remarked that A had changed his fighting build.

Masahiko battled Kumogakure’s forces in the Land of Whirlpools, using Gentle Fist and repulsive powers to turn their attacks aside. After he unleashed a devastating Shinra Tensei, he sensed Kirigakure ninjas nearby and accused A of colluding with them, but A insisted he had come only for revenge.

• Masahiko redirected Kumogakure’s attacks, forcing A to order his troops to retreat before the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki moved them out of the way.
• A attacked Masahiko with increasingly powerful Lightning Release thrusts while the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki ambushed him with ninjutsu and partial transformations.
• Masahiko wounded A with a pulled One-Finger Nukite and struck the wound with a Black Jade Rasengan, but A survived and knocked him back with a burst of black lightning.
• Kumogakure’s elite Jonin trapped Masahiko in a lightning prison as the two Jinchuriki fired fused Tailed Beast Bombs at him.
• Masahiko entered Sage Mode and used Shinra Tensei to destroy the prison and blasts, then sensed Kirigakure ninjas approaching from the east.
• Masahiko accused A of conspiring with Kirigakure, but A denied it and said he had come solely to take revenge.

Masahiko fought A, the Third Raikage, the Two-Tails, and the Eight-Tails, then defeated Kumogakure’s elite forces with a powerful Dust Release technique. After the Third Raikage died, Masahiko headed toward the battle between the Land of Whirlpools and Kirigakure.

• Masahiko attacked Kumogakure’s forces, but the Eight-Tails and A interrupted him as he tried to finish the fight.
• A and the Two-Tails’ Jinchuriki joined forces against Masahiko, who fought them while restraining the Eight-Tails and enduring attacks from the Third Raikage.
• Masahiko opened the Seventh Gate and used Storm Release and Dust Release against the Raikage and the Two-Tails, while the Eight-Tails repeatedly intervened.
• Masahiko closed the Eight Gates, then unleashed Human Realm Splitting Jutsu and killed the Third Raikage, scattering the Tailed Beast Bombs and destroying the remaining defenses.
• Masahiko received Witness Points for changing the Third Raikage’s fate and flew toward the battlefield between the Land of Whirlpools and Kirigakure.

Masahiko returned to find Kirigakure pushing the Uzumaki Clan back, then helped turn the battle into a victory. The Third Mizukage escaped, and the surviving Kirigakure ninja surrendered.

• Masahiko arrived at the battlefield and found Hitomi trapped in an Ice Crystal Labyrinth, Iko besieged by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and Nanako holding off the Third Mizukage.
• Hitomi opened the Seventh Gate, shattered the labyrinth with Daytime Tiger, and attacked the Seven Ninja Swordsmen while Masahiko rescued Uzumaki clansmen.
• Masahiko used Storm Release and Shadow Clones to kill Kirigakure ninja and prevent further Uzumaki casualties.
• Hitomi defeated most of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen but lost strength after Samehada absorbed his Chakra, while the Third Mizukage fled from Iko and Nanako.
• Iko and Nanako joined the battle, brought it to an end, and accepted the surrender of more than a hundred Kirigakure ninja.

After the war, Masahiko buried the Uzumaki dead, settled the fate of the captured ninja, and rejected Iko’s idea of moving the clan to Kumogakure. He instead forced the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo into a protection contract, leaving with the promise of seventy percent of its annual income.

• Masahiko ordered the captured ninja held while the Uzumaki Clan mourned more than seventy members killed in the war.
• After interrogating the captives, Masahiko decided to ask the Mizukage for a ransom and release them if the Mizukage refused.
• Masahiko rejected the idea of the Uzumaki Clan migrating to Kumogakure, warning that the clan would face internal problems in a great village.
• Masahiko proposed collecting protection money from the Land of Lightning and demanded seventy percent of its annual income.
• At the Land of Lightning’s palace, Masahiko found the surviving Killer Bee and negotiated a protection contract with the Daimyo.

Masahiko captured the resurrected Two-Tails and brought it to the Uzumaki Clan, then traveled to Konoha after Hiruzen repeatedly asked for aid. There, he discovered that Danzo had been gravely injured while killing the Second Kazekage, and Hiruzen asked him to help.

• Masahiko captured the Two-Tails with sealing techniques and returned it to Uzu Ninja Village, where Iko arranged for Nanako to reinforce its seal.
• Masahiko agreed to let the clan choose a volunteer to become the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and then decided to visit Konoha.
• Masahiko disguised himself as Danzo and approached Konoha, but Hiruzen and the Anbu exposed him as an impostor.
• Masahiko revealed his identity, and Hiruzen led him to the hospital to see Danzo, who lay unconscious with severe injuries.
• Hiruzen told Masahiko that the Second Kazekage had wounded Danzo before Danzo killed him, then asked Masahiko to help.

Masahiko took over as Acting Hokage after sending Hiruzen to the battlefield and managed Konoha’s new graduates while keeping Nawaki from joining the fighting. He also tacitly allowed Danzo to seek a way to heal his injuries, warning him not to target Konoha villagers.

• Masahiko examined Danzo’s injuries and told Hiruzen that Tsunade could not return from the Amegakure battlefield to treat him.
• Hiruzen described Konoha’s strained battles in Amegakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure, and Masahiko agreed to stay in Konoha while Hiruzen went to the battlefield.
• As Acting Hokage, Masahiko approved Uchiha Mikoto’s request to study at Konoha Hospital and denied Senju Nawaki’s request to join the Land of Rain battlefield.
• Nawaki asked Masahiko to reconsider, but Masahiko showed him that his classmates were not going to the battlefield and offered to train him instead.
• Danzo visited Masahiko, who said he could not heal him but permitted him to pursue his own remedies discreetly, forbidding him from targeting Konoha villagers, especially the Senju and Uchiha.

Masahiko heard how Hanzō had forced Hiruzen into a stalemate and gained fame, then continued training Nawaki while keeping him off the battlefield. At Konoha School, Masahiko gave young Minato Namikaze a fake secret manual telling him to change his name, leaving Minato distracted on his first day.

• Hiruzen returned from the battlefield after agreeing with Hanzō that neither would fight, while the ninja world celebrated Hanzō as the one who drove Hiruzen back.
• Nawaki demonstrated his Rasengan, and Masahiko refused to let him go to the battlefield until he had more training.
• Masahiko trained Nawaki in Konoha while the Hyuga clan sent Hizashi and another boy from the Main Family to the battlefield.
• In September of Konoha Year 30, Masahiko gave Minato Namikaze a supposed secret technique manual that actually told him to change his name.
• Minato read the message during class, missed the teacher's explanation, and earned a reprimand on his first day of school.

Masahiko arranged an exchange student program between Konoha and the Land of Whirlpools to send Kushina to Konoha, but the student lists created an unexpected complication. The chapter ended with Hiruzen learning that Masahiko had rejected Minato Namikaze as an exchange student for being ugly.

• Masahiko proposed a student exchange program to Hiruzen and warned him not to target the Senju or Uchiha with Danzo’s activities.
• Nanako objected to Kushina going to Konoha, but Kushina revealed that she wanted to go, and Nanako eventually agreed.
• Masahiko selected students for the exchange and saw that Hiruzen had nominated his son, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, as a second-year student.
• Masahiko noticed that Hiruzen had also nominated Minato Namikaze as a first-year student and decided to reject him.
• An Anbu told Hiruzen that Masahiko had rejected Minato with the words “Ugly Rejection,” leaving Hiruzen confused because Minato looked sunny.

Masahiko escorted Kushina and four other Uzumaki children to Konoha, where they met Mito and enrolled in the Ninja Academy. After Hiruzen reported that Hanzō had broken their agreement and attacked Konoha forces, Masahiko flew to the Land of Rain to rescue Tsunade and the others.

• Masahiko brought the five children to Konoha and took them to the Senju compound, where Mito welcomed them.
• Mito told Masahiko that Kushina seemed to possess an innate power capable of suppressing the Nine-Tails.
• Masahiko registered the children at the Ninja Academy and overheard Kushina declare that she wanted to meet Konoha's cute Little Fox.
• Masahiko gained 10 Witness Points after witnessing Kushina's academy enrollment, while Minato brooded over her rejection of him.
• Hiruzen told Masahiko that Hanzō had broken their agreement and attacked Konoha forces, so Masahiko flew to the Land of Rain to save Tsunade and the others.