Chapter Summaries

Yayoi and Madara backed Uchiha Kyosuke for Hokage, and Hashirama cast the final vote that made him Konoha’s First Hokage. Kyosuke’s inauguration drew a jubilant crowd, and he appeared before the village in his ceremonial robes.

• Yayoi nominated Kyosuke, explaining that his reforms and decisions made him the best candidate, while Tobirama struggled to hide his anger.
• Madara and Yayoi voted for Kyosuke, Kyosuke abstained, and Hashirama nominated him, giving him unanimous approval as Konoha’s First Hokage.
• Kyosuke thanked the leadership, pointedly crediting Tobirama for approving his work, and Tobirama slumped into his chair.
• Mito prepared Kyosuke’s ceremonial robe and Fire Hat, and Konoha’s residents gathered for his inauguration.
• Yuto watched with his friends as Kyosuke appeared above the crowd, and the villagers cheered for their new Hokage.

Yuto trained with Kyosuke, who demonstrated Ice Release, then headed to the Ninja Academy with Eri. At the school gates, Yuto encountered his rival Danzo and the other gifted students known as the Ninja Academy's Thirteen Guardians.

• Yuto used the Great Fireball Technique during morning training, and Kyosuke struck him down with Ice Release: Dragon-Breaking Tiger.
• Kyosuke went to his Underground Base, where his and Madara Uchiha's shadow clones trained to develop chakra.
• Yuto reassured Eri that Nagisa liked her, then thought about how he could awaken the Mangekyō and defeat Kyosuke.
• Yuto arrived at the Ninja Academy and faced Danzo, who wanted to restore his clan's honor by defeating him.
• The Hatake prodigy, Maruboshi Kosuke, and other elite students arrived, bringing the total to thirteen.

Kyosuke’s reforms established a competitive credit system and new ninja ranks while Konoha displayed its formidable strength. Raikage A rejected the claims about Super Kages, demanded Tobirama Senju’s surrender, and mobilized an army, leaving Hashirama confronting Tobirama over the crisis.

• Kyosuke introduced credit-based competition and reformed Konoha’s ninja ranks, adding Kage Level and Super Kage classifications.
• Kyosuke announced himself, Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, and Yayoi Hyuga as Konoha’s four Super Kages and named other powerful fighters as potential temporary equals.
• A’s subordinate urged Kumogakure to seize the Land of Fire, and A ordered Konoha to surrender Tobirama Senju within a week or face invasion.
• Kumogakure assembled an army of 7,000 ninjas, a third of its total forces.
• Hashirama slapped Tobirama and demanded that he look at the mess he had caused.

After Tobirama's corpse raids gave Kumogakure a pretext to threaten Konoha with an army of seven thousand, Kyosuke rejected surrender and called for a decisive preemptive strike. Konoha declared it would fight, and a major war loomed.

• Hashirama slapped Tobirama, confined him to the clan grounds, and hurried to the Hokage Building as Tobirama resolved to face the consequences of his raids.
• Hashirama and Madara met Kyosuke, who refused to hand Tobirama over to Kumogakure.
• Kyosuke argued Konoha could not defend against Cloud's forces by spreading its troops across the front and urged a strike against the enemy's vital points.
• Madara supported Kyosuke's plan, while Hashirama hesitated over taking an aggressive approach.
• Kyosuke insisted Konoha must win decisively to deter future attacks and proposed striking the Land of Lightning.
• Konoha refused to surrender Tobirama and declared it would settle the dispute on the battlefield.

Kyosuke appointed commanders for Konoha’s armies and ordered the clans’ forces dispersed to strengthen village unity before the war. After the commanders departed, he refused Elder Rei’s request to fight at the front but agreed to let veteran elders teach at the Ninja Academy.

• Kyosuke announced that war was imminent and said he would distribute each clan’s forces among the armies to weaken clan control.
• Kyosuke appointed Uchiha Chō to lead the First Army, Sarutobi Sasuke to lead the Second Army, and Tobirama Senju to form a mobile unit.
• Kyosuke made Uchiha Izuna commander-in-chief and told the commanders to win without help from him or the other three powerful figures.
• The commanders left to organize their forces while Kyosuke worried about the strength of A, the First Raikage.
• Elder Rei Uchiha arrived and demanded to fight in the war, but Kyosuke persuaded him to stay behind and agreed to arrange for him and other veterans to teach at the Ninja Academy.

Kyosuke reunited with Uzumaki Ashina at home and discussed the looming conflict and the Land of Water. Meanwhile, Raikage A led an attack on the First Army’s camp, forcing Uchiha Chō to prepare to confront him.

• Kyosuke kicked Uzumaki Ashina through a window by mistake—or so he claimed—before Mito and Nagisa helped smooth things over.
• Kyosuke told Ashina that the armies were in position and Izuna’s forward headquarters was operating, while Ashina warned that Raikage A might attack personally.
• Ashina mentioned the Land of Water’s increased activity, prompting Kyosuke to consider intensifying infiltration there.
• Raikage A attacked the First Army’s camp, and Hyuga Kenji’s squad was defeated after two minutes of fighting, with Kenji the only survivor.
• Uchiha Chō learned that Raikage A and the Cloud Shadow Guard were charging toward her main camp and vowed to stop them.

The First Raikage led Kinkaku and Ginkaku in a surprise assault on Konoha’s First Army, where Uchiha Chō confronted him with her Susanoo. Chō struggled to pierce his Lightning Release Armor as Izuna raced toward the battle with the Guard Squad.

• Kinkaku and Ginkaku joined the First Raikage’s deep advance toward Konoha’s camp, with Kinkaku using the Banana Palm Fan to blast enemy shinobi.
• The Raikage detected a dense field of explosive tags and leapt clear with Kinkaku and Ginkaku before the traps detonated.
• The First Raikage charged into the First Army, killing Konoha shinobi with his speed and lightning-powered nintaijutsu.
• Uchiha Chō attacked the Raikage with Phantom Moon Flash, but he broke her blade and struck her Susanoo with Hell Stab: Black Thorn.
• Chō manifested her Third Stage Susanoo and struck the Raikage with her Great Naginata, but his Lightning Release Armor withstood the blow.
• Uchiha Izuna hurried toward the battle with the Guard Squad while Chō prepared to continue fighting.

Kinkaku and Ginkaku used the Six Paths Tools to stall Konoha’s forces until the Raikage’s hidden plan unleashed the Two-Tails Matatabi. Uchiha Chō survived the beast’s Tailed Beast Bomb, but as the Raikage escaped and Matatabi prepared another attack, she removed the Talisman she had worn around her neck.

• Uchiha Chō ignored Kinkaku’s taunts while Ginkaku used the Seven Star Sword and Benihisago to seal a Konoha ninja.
• Konoha’s reinforcements arrived, and Izuna pursued the retreating Raikage as Kinkaku and Ginkaku neared their limits.
• The remaining Shadow Guard member transformed into a Jinchuriki and unleashed the Two-Tails Matatabi in Complete Form.
• Uchiha Chō blocked Matatabi’s Tailed Beast Bomb with her Three-Stage Susanoo, suffering injuries but surviving as the Raikage escaped.
• With Matatabi forming another Tailed Beast Bomb, Uchiha Chō removed the Talisman from around her neck.

Kyosuke saved Konoha’s forces from Two-Tails Matatabi, subdued the beast, and announced he would ransom it to Cloud. The war’s fortunes shifted over the following months, and the chapter ended with news that Iwagakure had been established under its First Tsuchikage, Ishikawa.

• Two-Tails fired a second Tailed Beast Bomb, but Kyosuke’s Space Barrier transferred it away before it could strike Konoha’s forces.
• Kyosuke reassured Uchiha Chō, teased Uchiha Izuna, and froze Two-Tails Matatabi with his Ice Release technique.
• Kyosuke released Matatabi from its Jinchuriki’s seal, controlled it with genjutsu, and set a four-billion ransom for its return to Cloud.
• News of the Raikage’s failed attack and Konoha’s capture of Two-Tails spread, causing the Land of Earth to abandon its planned intervention.
• Konoha and Cloud fought through the year, with Konoha reversing its disadvantage in October before heavy snow halted the battles in December.
• News arrived that Iwagakure had been established and that Ishikawa was its First Tsuchikage.

Kyosuke went to confront Kumogakure’s five-thousand-strong army as Konoha’s war against Cloud reignited, determined to end the conflict and earn points. After killing a reconnaissance squad, he faced the approaching force and was identified by one of the First Raikage’s trusted lieutenants.

• Kyosuke decided Konoha was ready to end the war and sent Chō and Izuna into battle with the Two-Tails and Seven-Tails.
• Chō crossed into the Land of Lightning with the Two-Tails, and the First Raikage deployed with Kinkaku and Ginkaku to stop her.
• Izuna joined the offensive with the Seven-Tails as Cloud assembled five thousand shinobi for a second wave.
• Kyosuke prepared to fight Cloud’s army in a canyon, summoning seven Truth-Seeking Orbs and resolving to take down as many shinobi as possible.
• Kyosuke killed Cloud’s reconnaissance squad and confronted the approaching army, whose lieutenant recognized him as Uchiha Kyosuke.

Kyosuke confronted Cloud’s five-thousand-strong army and used his abilities to devastate its ranks. By the time the Raikage reached the canyon, fewer than a third of the force remained.

• Cloud’s commander ordered five powerful ninjas to attack Kyosuke while the rest of the army spread out to counter his techniques.
• Kyosuke used Purple Electricity and the Truth-Seeking Orbs to kill Cloud ninjas and break their assault.
• Kyosuke disrupted Cloud’s formation with Earth Release, then rained magma over the canyon with Lava Release: Great Eruption.
• Kyosuke used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to engulf a five-kilometer area, killing most of the remaining Cloud ninjas.
• Kyosuke manifested his Perfect Susanoo and attacked the surviving forces with Dominant Sword: Kamui Prison.
• The Raikage arrived after the battle and was stunned to learn that Kyosuke had nearly destroyed the entire army alone.

After Konoha forced Kumogakure to pay reparations, Kyosuke strengthened the village and prepared for a future battle against Isshiki. By Konoha’s fifth year, he had reached Six Paths level, entrusted Konoha’s defense to Yayoi, and began addressing abuses and public disorder in the village.

• Madara Uchiha defeated the First Raikage in a sparring match, and Kumogakure agreed to pay four billion in reparations and ransom the Two-Tails Matatabi.
• Sunagakure and Kirigakure were established, bringing the Warring States Period to a close and beginning an era of conflict among five hidden villages.
• After spending two hundred thousand points on an ultimate sage body, Kyosuke reached Six Paths level, but Kaguya warned that he would still die facing Isshiki at his peak alone.
• Kyosuke told Hashirama about the Ōtsutsuki threat, and Hashirama left to train at Shikkotsu Forest while Madara ventured into the shinobi world and Yayoi agreed to protect Konoha.
• Kyosuke expanded the Academy’s mission workforce by allowing qualified students to become Ninja Interns, then arrested a Police Department squad and an Iwagakure spy after a street disturbance exposed their abuses and infiltration.
• Kyosuke decided to teach the Will of Fire to villagers as well as students and arrived at the Ninja Academy to choose his students.

Kyosuke visited the ninja school to choose three apprentices and selected Uchiha Yuto, Anzai Eri, and Kurama Jun, whose rare bloodline let him control the five senses through genjutsu. He led his new team away from the classroom, while considering how to prove Konoha’s strength by holding joint Chunin Exams.

• News spread that Kyosuke had come to the school to become an instructor, drawing excited students around him.
• Kyosuke used Flying Thunder God to appear beside Yuto, where Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Yuto and Eri to be assigned to his team.
• Kyosuke considered organizing joint Chunin Exams to demonstrate Konoha’s strength and cultivate future successors.
• Kyosuke chose Uchiha Yuto, Anzai Eri, and Kurama Jun as his apprentices.
• Kyosuke recognized Kurama Jun’s rare ability to control the five senses and create genjutsu worlds, then led the three children out of the classroom.

Kyosuke tested Team Kyosuke with a bell, but Yuto and Kurama Jun focused on defeating him while Eri understood the need for teamwork. After Kyosuke swiftly subdued Yuto and reprimanded Eri, Kurama Jun trapped him in a genjutsu and attacked, only for an unseen force to strike Jun before he could finish.

• Kyosuke announced a bell test for Team Kyosuke, requiring any one of the three students to touch the bell for all of them to pass.
• Yuto charged Kyosuke with his lightning-wreathed short sword, and Kyosuke caught him with the Wild Lion's Mane Technique and warned him against reckless attacks.
• Kyosuke restrained Eri and reprimanded her for letting Yuto act recklessly, leaving Yuto feeling guilty as Eri cried.
• Kurama Jun trapped Kyosuke in his Phantom Body Technique and unleashed Black Style: Thousand-Night Fall.
• An invisible force struck Kurama Jun's left cheek before he could finish boasting about his attack.

Kyosuke trained Yuto, Kurama Jun, and Eri through bell challenges, teaching Jun the limits of his genjutsu and helping the three form a bond as a squad. After they earned the bells and spent two months on trivial missions, Kyosuke offered them an S-rank mission.

• Kyosuke broke Kurama Jun's genjutsu twice and warned him not to rely too heavily on his ability.
• Yuto, Kurama Jun, and Eri developed team tactics and gradually improved in their repeated bell challenges.
• On their eighth attempt, Eri used her third arm to take a silver bell, and Kyosuke qualified the three for field training.
• Kyosuke treated the squad to dinner, then sent his shadow clone to lead them on trivial missions for two months.
• Yuto complained about the easy missions, so Kyosuke presented the squad with an S-rank mission request.

Kyosuke’s team found an entire village slaughtered and learned that the perpetrators were sending captives to Hozuki Castle. Kyosuke suspected the castle was using its prisoners to feed the Box of Ultimate Bliss and decided to investigate it himself.

• After three days of marching, Kyosuke and his students reached the village where the latest disappearance had occurred.
• Yuto noticed the village was unnaturally quiet and sent a Shadow Clone to investigate, which uncovered hidden enemies and a mass of corpses.
• Kyosuke ordered his students to fight the enemy team, and they defeated them without Eri needing to act.
• Kyosuke captured the enemy leader and used his Sharingan to learn that the team abducted people for Kusagakure and Hozuki Castle.
• Kyosuke connected Hozuki Castle’s kidnappings to the Box of Ultimate Bliss and wondered if the Sage of Six Paths had used it to accumulate chakra for a Chakra Fruit.
• Kyosuke decided he needed to visit Hozuki Castle and see whether his theory was true.

Kyosuke’s squad reached Hozuki Castle, where he destroyed the gate and launched an assault after the guards threatened him. The castle lord sacrificed the prisoners to complete an ancient plan, and Kyosuke found and shattered the Box of Ultimate Bliss, releasing Gō.

• Kyosuke warned the youngsters to keep a low profile, but a guard threatened him with a sword, so he destroyed Hozuki Castle’s gate and sent Shadow Clones to search for the box.
• Kyosuke told his students they could attack anyone hostile to them and ordered each to kill at least ten enemies as the castle’s garrison fought his clones.
• Wuqian learned that the intruder was Konoha’s Hokage, Uchiha Kyosuke, and activated the Fire Release Binding to engulf the castle’s prisoners in flames.
• A Shadow Clone found the Box of Ultimate Bliss underground, and Kyosuke appeared beside it and shattered it with his Sage’s Staff.
• Gō emerged from the broken box, and Kyosuke dismissed its mind-reading as a weak trick before striking it out of the sky.

Kyosuke fought Gō, a black monster with Six Paths-level durability, and discovered that a Storm Release attack could crack its skin. The chapter left him seeing the truth inside Gō.

• Kyosuke recognized that Gō knew about Truth-Seeking Orbs and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, then challenged it to battle.
• Kyosuke used Swift Release: Lightning Flash to strike Gō through Hozuki Castle, but the monster survived with only a slight dent in its body.
• Kyosuke entered Sage Mode and considered absorbing more natural energy, while Gō tried to sneak away.
• Kyosuke stopped Gō and fought it with his Sage's Staff, realizing its body had Six Paths-level durability.
• Kyosuke pinned Gō down and used Sage Art: Storm Release Light Fang, cracking its skin and revealing something within it to his perception.

Kyosuke discovered that the monster Gō was the corrupted Will Incarnation of the Sage of Six Paths, who had been gathering chakra inside the Box of Ultimate Bliss to create an Artificial Chakra Fruit. After their attempted truce turned into a double betrayal, Kyosuke nearly finished him, but a masked man arrived on a Wood Dragon and intervened.

• Kyosuke forced Gō to shrink and recognized the young Ōtsutsuki as Hagoromo, who explained that he was the Sage of Six Paths' Will Incarnation.
• Hagoromo proposed that he and Kyosuke join forces against Isshiki, and they simultaneously tried to stab each other when Kyosuke agreed.
• Kyosuke attacked with Shadow Clones, Storm Release sage arts, and Perfect Susanoo after realizing Hagoromo had little chakra.
• Kyosuke's Susanoo slash shattered Hagoromo's Truth-Seeking Orb and left him badly injured in the ruins of Hozuki Castle.
• A masked man arrived atop a Wood Dragon, restrained Susanoo's raised arm, and challenged Kyosuke to fight him.

Kyosuke defeated a mysterious Wood Release user who died before he could reveal his identity, but Kyosuke learned he was Senju Li, the seventh recorded reincarnation of Asura, and suspected Ninshū was still active. Years later, Konoha’s academy and points system had helped it thrive and inspired hope among civilian-born ninja.

• Kyosuke abandoned his pursuit of Corrupted Hagoromo and defeated the masked Wood Release user, severing his legs and paralyzing him.
• When Kyosuke probed the man’s memories, a Cursed Seal killed him, but Kyosuke glimpsed his name: Senju Li.
• Kyosuke connected Senju Li to Ninshū and suspected the organization was gathering Asura’s reincarnations to guard against future threats; he vowed to settle the score with them.
• Kyosuke reunited with his three disciples and returned to Konoha.
• By Konoha’s sixth year, the other Hidden Villages had recognized that its academy system and points system had helped make its ninja forces formidable.
• Ordinary ninja increasingly admired and appreciated Kyosuke for giving civilian-born ninja greater access to training and a chance to advance.