Chapter Summaries

Ōnoki persuaded Hanzo of the Salamander and the Third Kazekage to keep their alliance together and accept Kumogakure’s costly offer to join the war. He planned to use Kumogakure’s attack to force Konoha to send Hyuga Matsuba into battle, giving the allied forces a chance to eliminate him.

• Hanzo of the Salamander considered leaving the alliance, but Ōnoki and the Third Kazekage warned that Konoha would still target him.
• Hanzo pointed out that their Tailed Beasts had been defeated and the Five-Tails had disappeared, leaving them without a way to counter Hyuga Matsuba.
• Ōnoki revealed that Kumogakure would join the war in exchange for half the spoils, and proposed accepting its demands and supplying its forces.
• Ōnoki explained that Kumogakure’s attack would make Konoha send Hyuga Matsuba to defend, allowing the allies to focus on him.
• The Third Kazekage and Hanzo agreed to follow Ōnoki’s plan rather than surrender.

Kumogakure invaded the Land of Fire while Konoha was stretched thin, forcing Hiruzen Sarutobi to seek Hyuga Matsuba’s help. Hyuga Matsuba agreed to return with Konan, while Mikoto and Kushina stayed behind, and he reaffirmed that he planned to leave the village after the war.

• The Third Raikage led Kumogakure forces into the Land of Fire, killed Konoha’s border guards, and began plundering and establishing a camp.
• Mitokado Homura sent the Uchiha Clan and more than four thousand ninjas to confront Kumogakure, leaving only a few hundred defenders in Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gathered his advisers, and they concluded that Hyuga Matsuba was their best hope against the Third Raikage and Kumogakure’s forces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded Tsunade to ask Hyuga Matsuba to return, and she went to him at dawn.
• Hyuga Matsuba agreed to help Konoha and take Konan with him, while Mikoto and Kushina stayed behind; he told Tsunade he would leave the village after the war.

Hyuga Matsuba returned to Konoha with Konan and took command of the army, replacing Uchiha Zheng. After assigning the clans their duties and learning how badly Konoha had been losing, he assessed the powerful enemy forces facing them.

• Hyuga Matsuba used Instant Movement to reach Konoha with Konan and found Uchiha Zheng overseeing the army.
• Hyuga Matsuba presented the Hokage's decree naming him commander-in-chief, forced Uchiha Zheng from the commander's seat, and demanded obedience from the assembled clans.
• Hyuga Matsuba assigned the Uchiha and Shimura clans to the front lines, gave reconnaissance to the Hyuga and Aburame, and formed an alliance of the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka clans.
• The Nara Clan patriarch reported Konoha's heavy losses and explained that the Third Raikage, his son A, and the Raikage's aide were among the enemy's formidable leaders.

Hyuga Matsuba confronted the Third Raikage during the attack on Konoha's camp, defeating him and killing Dodai. The Third Raikage survived but suffered severe injuries that left his strongest technique unusable.

• The Third Raikage led an assault on Konoha's camp, and Hyuga Matsuba protected Konan inside Susanoo before facing him.
• The Third Raikage attacked Susanoo with Lightning Release Chakra Mode, but Hyuga Matsuba struck him with Light Speed Kick and sent him crashing into his own vanguard.
• A tried to rush Hyuga Matsuba, but the injured Third Raikage stopped him and warned that he would be killed.
• Dodai volunteered to fight Hyuga Matsuba, who trapped and killed him with Hadō #90: Kurohitsugi.
• The Third Raikage used Hell Spear One Finger against Hyuga Matsuba, but Hyuga Matsuba countered with Armament Haki Hardening and Finger Pistol, shattering the Raikage's hand and piercing his chest.

Hyuga Matsuba routed the Cloud Ninja forces, badly injuring the Third Raikage and forcing A to order a retreat. Afterward, Matsuba confronted the Sarutobi and Shimura clans over their conduct and threatened Sarutobi Hirako with a staged account of his heroic death.

• Hyuga Matsuba struck the Third Raikage with Gentle Fist techniques, then unleashed Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack against the Cloud Ninja forces.
• A found his father alive but gravely injured, ordered the Cloud Ninja to retreat, and Hyuga Matsuba told Konoha's forces not to pursue them.
• Hyuga Matsuba praised the Uchiha Clan's bravery and ordered the Sarutobi and Shimura clans to serve as the vanguard in the next battle.
• Sarutobi Hirako protested the order and claimed credit for defeating the Third Raikage, so Hyuga Matsuba proposed honoring him with a martyr's grave and declared that he would die in battle.

Hyuga Matsuba executed two dissenters, then exploited Kumogakure’s weakened state as the Third Raikage recovered and ordered a retreat. When Konoha pursued the withdrawing forces, the Third Raikage stayed behind alone to cover their escape, leaving Hyuga Matsuba stunned.

• Hyuga Matsuba killed two men who objected to him and carried Konan out of the tent.
• Hyuga Matsuba sent the Shimura Clan and Sarutobi Clan to provoke Kumogakure while the wounded Third Raikage’s forces remained on the defensive.
• After recovering, the Third Raikage ordered Kumogakure to withdraw to avoid being cut off from supplies.
• Konoha followed and harassed Kumogakure as it retreated, and the Third Raikage decided to stay behind to cover the escape.
• A was sent away by the Third Raikage, who remained alone while Hyuga Matsuba watched in disbelief.

Hyuga Matsuba used the Third Raikage’s attack to wipe out the Sarutobi and Shimura clans, then defeated the Raikage with the Gentle Fist Style. He had the captured Raikage taken away for a purpose he kept secret.

• The Third Raikage blocked Konoha’s advance and fought off the Sarutobi and Shimura clan forces Hyuga Matsuba had sent against him.
• Hyuga Matsuba pressured the two clans to keep attacking, intending to avenge the Senju Clan and leave no members of either clan alive.
• When the two clans turned against Hyuga Matsuba, he killed every member present with Yasakani no Magatama.
• Hyuga Matsuba defeated the Third Raikage with Gentle Fist Style: Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms and ordered his men to take the Raikage away alive.
• The Hyuga Clan’s patriarch wondered how Hyuga Matsuba could use the Gentle Fist Style without the Byakugan, but decided not to ask him.

Hyuga Matsuba used the captive Third Raikage to force Kumogakure into trading the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails for his release. After nine days, A and Blue B agreed to the exchange, and Hyuga Matsuba arrived with the captive Raikage to meet them.

• Kumogakure’s scout told A that Hyuga Matsuba was publicly humiliating the captive Third Raikage, and A led troops out to confront him.
• Hyuga Matsuba knocked the Third Raikage unconscious and demanded the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails in exchange for him, giving A ten days to comply.
• A ordered his cousin summoned and the Two-Tails brought over, while Blue B agreed to use the two Tailed Beasts as bargaining chips.
• After nine days, Hyuga Matsuba learned Kumogakure had accepted the deal and left Konan with a protective clone before taking the Third Raikage to the exchange.
• A met Hyuga Matsuba with a large group and admitted he did not trust him.

Hyuga Matsuba forced A to hand over the Amber Purifying Pot, freed the Two-Tails, and extracted its Chakra before letting it escape. He then seized Blue B to target the Eight-Tails, and the chapter ended with Hyuga Matsuba defeating Blue B after the Eight-Tails empowered him.

• The Third Raikage objected to A's deal with Hyuga Matsuba, but Hyuga Matsuba knocked him unconscious and demanded the Amber Purifying Pot.
• A handed over the pot to protect the Third Raikage, and Hyuga Matsuba shattered it, freeing the Two-Tails.
• Hyuga Matsuba subdued the Two-Tails, extracted some of its Chakra, and let it flee.
• Hyuga Matsuba grabbed Blue B and demanded the Eight-Tails, while the Third Raikage's body knocked A back.
• The Eight-Tails gave Blue B its Chakra, but Hyuga Matsuba broke through his defenses with a Light Speed Kick, and the Eight-Tails escaped Blue B to save him.

Hyuga Matsuba activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode, defeated the Eight-Tails with a single punch, and killed it with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. He stopped the resulting tsunami with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, though the Land of Frost had already been split apart.

• Blue B attacked Hyuga Matsuba, but Matsuba knocked him away with a Light Speed Kick, and the Eight-Tails emerged to fight in his place.
• Hyuga Matsuba activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and reached the Six Paths Level.
• Hyuga Matsuba punched the Eight-Tails across eight countries, leaving it near death, then extracted its Chakra.
• Hyuga Matsuba killed the Eight-Tails with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, which also split the sea and damaged the Land of Frost.
• Hyuga Matsuba used Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to gather the tsunami into a water column and turn it into rain.
• Hyuga Matsuba reflected that he could not use Planetary Devastation and expected to exchange for it after the system finished upgrading.

Hyuga Matsuba stayed away from combat, secretly prepared a way for Nawaki to summon him in an emergency, and spent a year mastering Sage Mode. As the Konoha and Kumogakure armies remained locked in a costly stalemate, he returned to the battlefield as the feared Battlefield Loafer and continued teaching Konan.

• Hyuga Matsuba met Nawaki in the logistics department, gave him a hidden seal that would summon Matsuba if Nawaki faced danger, and left without explaining it fully.
• Hyuga Matsuba returned to the Kumogakure battlefield and spent the following days training Konan and practicing on his own instead of fighting.
• The Third Raikage suspected internal strife in Konoha after Hyuga Matsuba disappeared, sent a small force to harass them, and forced Hatake Sakumo onto the defensive.
• A year passed as the war intensified, and Hyuga Matsuba mastered Sage Mode, gaining golden-light garments and a lightning-shaped mark on his forehead.
• Hyuga Matsuba returned to the battlefield and sat among his classmates, whom the enemy avoided, while he continued teaching Konan.

Hyuga Matsuba agreed to join Konoha’s desperate fight and entered the battlefield against the Third Raikage. He summoned a massive Stone Golem that began tearing through the enemy ranks, though its slow movement left him considering how to improve it.

• Hyuga Matsuba dismissed the students and returned home as Konoha’s forces retreated under enemy watch.
• Hatake Sakumo and the head of the Hyuga Clan asked Hyuga Matsuba to fight for Konoha, and he agreed out of gratitude for his family’s past support.
• The next day, Hyuga Matsuba confronted the Third Raikage and summoned an enormous Stone Golem with Earth Style: Rock Giant.
• The Stone Golem split the ground and trapped enemy soldiers in closing fissures, prompting cheers from Konoha’s forces.
• The Third Raikage shattered one of the Stone Golem’s legs, but it healed immediately, and he moved to fight it directly.

Hyuga Matsuba used his transforming Stone Golem to overpower the Third Raikage and trapped three thousand Kumogakure ninja in a shrinking Stone Cage. He killed them despite the Third Raikage’s plea, leaving A furious and the battlefield silent.

• Hyuga Matsuba changed the Stone Golem from a giant into a fast stick figure, then back again to catch the Third Raikage off guard and injure him.
• Hyuga Matsuba cast Earth Release: Stone Cage, trapping three thousand enemy ninja, and left Hatake Sakumo to handle the remaining forces.
• The trapped ninja failed to break the cage as it narrowed, while the Third Raikage tried to reach them and was injured again by the Stone Golem.
• The Third Raikage knelt and begged Hyuga Matsuba to spare the trapped ninja, but Hyuga Matsuba shrank the cage to its smallest form and killed everyone inside.
• The Third Raikage accused Hyuga Matsuba of cruelty, while Hyuga Matsuba blamed the enemy for refusing to retreat or surrender; A called him an executioner and challenged him.

Hyuga Matsuba left the battlefield after sparing the remaining Cloud Ninja, but their rage turned the fight against Konoha’s forces. At Shikaku Nara’s suggestion, Matsuba summoned the Five-Tails to frighten the enemy and break their frenzy.

• Hyuga Matsuba mocked the Cloud Ninja, then withdrew with Konan and declared that he would spare them.
• Hatake Sakumo attacked the Third Raikage, but his strikes barely affected him and the Raikage drove him back.
• The enraged Cloud Ninja fought without fear, leaving Konoha’s forces struggling despite their reduced numbers.
• Yamanaka Inoichi called on Matsuba to help, and Shikaku Nara explained that intimidating the enemy could suppress their frenzy without further attacks.
• Hyuga Matsuba summoned Five-Tails Kokuō, causing fighters across the battlefield to stop and stare.

Hyuga Matsuba used the Five-Tails to devastate the Cloud Ninja forces and forced the Third Raikage to surrender. Konoha received a surrender agreement offering scant compensation, and Hyuga Matsuba refused to join any renewed fighting.

• Hyuga Matsuba ordered the Five-Tails to fire a Tailed Beast Cannon at the Cloud Ninja, and the Third Raikage intercepted it but was badly injured.
• Hyuga Matsuba demanded that the Cloud Ninja surrender or die, and the Third Raikage accepted surrender despite A's protests.
• The Cloud Ninja withdrew and sent Konoha a surrender agreement with only a small amount of compensation.
• Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Zheng objected to the agreement, while Hyuga Matsuba said he would not take part if fighting resumed.

Hyuga Matsuba left the Cloud Ninja surrender negotiations, extracted the Seven-Tails' Chakra, and took Konan away. After Hanzō withdrew Amegakure from the alliance, Konoha accepted Kumogakure's surrender and pressed its campaign against Iwagakure and Sunagakure, leaving Ōnoki and the Third Kazekage uncertain whether surrender was possible.

• Hatake Sakumo deferred the Cloud Ninja surrender agreement to Hiruzen Sarutobi while Hyuga Matsuba departed for Takigakure.
• Hyuga Matsuba extracted the Seven-Tails' Chakra and left with Konan, seeking only the Three-Tails' and Six-Tails' Chakra before fusing them into Ten-Tails Chakra.
• Ōnoki and Hanzō argued over the war until Hanzō announced that Amegakure would withdraw from the alliance.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Kumogakure's surrender, sent forces to end the fighting, and ordered Orochimaru and Jiraiya to pursue Amegakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi attacked Iwagakure and Sunagakure, whose leaders struggled to resist as the Third Kazekage worried that his village could not afford Konoha's demands for compensation.

Hyuga Matsuba rescued Nawaki from another dimension after he was attacked by someone from Konoha and urged him to leave the village and train in seclusion. After reaching the battlefield, Matsuba confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, then told Tsunade what had happened to Nawaki, leaving her furious and demanding answers.

• Hyuga Matsuba found Nawaki trapped in another dimension, rescued him, and learned that someone from Konoha had attacked him while he was transporting supplies.
• Matsuba advised Nawaki to leave Konoha and live in seclusion until he became strong enough to protect himself, then secretly marked him so he could find him later.
• Matsuba arrived at the battlefield with Konan and confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo over their complaints about clan members dying in battle.
• Matsuba left the battlefield with Mikoto and Tsunade while the others complained about his arrogance.
• Matsuba told Tsunade that Nawaki had left after being attacked, and she angrily moved to demand an explanation from the Hokage before Matsuba stopped her.

Tsunade confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over the attack on Nawaki, struck him, and ended their teacher-student relationship before leaving with Hyuga Matsuba. Three years later, Matsuba had advanced his time manipulation and focused on finding a way to become immortal.

• Tsunade accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of concealing who had tried to harm Nawaki, but he denied knowing the truth.
• Tsunade punched Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Hyuga Matsuba stunned the guards as Tsunade renounced him as her teacher and left.
• Tsunade declined to visit Nawaki, saying he needed time to learn from his carelessness.
• Over the next three years, Hyuga Matsuba, Tsunade, Kushina, and Mikoto drifted through the battlefield while Matsuba grew stronger and developed his Tenseigan’s time manipulation.
• Hyuga Matsuba considered three routes to immortality and chose to pursue time manipulation and eventually seize others’ power.

Hyuga Matsuba considered stealing Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan and the moon’s giant Tenseigan, deciding to wait until next year before visiting the moon. He joined Kushina and the others for late-night snacks, where their teasing turned into a playful argument about his shamelessness.

• Hyuga Matsuba considered taking Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan and decided to investigate the moon for a giant Tenseigan after another breakthrough next year.
• Kushina interrupted Hyuga Matsuba’s murderous thoughts and invited him to share Mikoto’s late-night snacks.
• Tsunade joked that Hyuga Matsuba might have found a new lover, prompting the women to glare at him until he reassured them.
• Mikoto, Kushina, and Konan mocked Hyuga Matsuba for flirting from a young age, while he proudly admitted he was a bad guy.
• Hyuga Matsuba ate most of the snacks as he bantered with the others, and Kushina protested that they still wanted some.

The war ended after the Sand Ninja surrendered and Konoha accepted their reparations, while the other villages settled their conflicts. Back in Konoha, Jiraiya took Yahiko and Nagato as disciples, and Hyuga Matsuba considered Nagato’s Rinnegan before deciding not to act.

• The Cloud Ninja abandoned their allies, returned home, then attacked the Land of Earth, prompting Ōnoki to leave the war and confront them.
• The Third Kazekage refused to surrender, but the Sand Ninja withdrew after Hatake Sakumo arrived and later surrendered following months of fighting.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi demanded fifty billion ryo in reparations, but Konoha eventually accepted the Sand Ninja’s offer after supplies ran low and established friendly relations with the Land of Wind.
• Konoha returned home as the other conflicts ended, and Jiraiya decided to take Yahiko and Nagato as disciples.
• Hyuga Matsuba considered taking Nagato’s Rinnegan but chose not to, preferring to pursue the Tenseigan and warning Nagato against coveting what was not his.