Chapter Summaries

Umino Sasuke considered how Sea Monk fusion could strengthen the Umino Clan and prepared for the Umino Unit's deployment to the Land of Grass, where Iwagakure posed a serious threat. When Senju Nawaki was caught in an Explosive Tag trap and his fate became uncertain, Sasuke teleported Tsunade to the frontline Patrol Zone.

• Umino Sasuke considered developing Fungi Release and using Sea Monk fusion to improve the Umino Clan's strength.
• Umino Ikaku and Umino Kozue gained new abilities after contracting Sea Monk, while the Sea Monk Fusion Technique continued to develop.
• The Umino Unit was redeployed from the Land of Rain to the Land of Grass front as Iwagakure's forces strained the Leaf Ninja Army.
• Umino Sasuke discovered two White Zetsu following Tsunade but hesitated to capture them because of the danger posed by Black Zetsu and Madara Uchiha.
• Umino Sasuke learned that Senju Nawaki had stumbled into an Explosive Tag trap and used the Shadow Clone Cooperation Flying Thunder God Technique to take Tsunade to the frontline Patrol Zone.

Umino Sasuke rescued Senju Nawaki by replacing his stolen organs and reviving him in a laboratory in the Land of Waves. Nawaki revealed that someone from Konoha had hollowed out his organs, confirming Orochimaru and Umino Sasuke’s suspicions.

• Umino Sasuke found Senju Nawaki with Tsunade, who discovered his organs had been removed and failed to heal him with her Strength of a Hundred Seal.
• Umino Sasuke sealed Nawaki’s soul and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Nawaki, Tsunade, and Orochimaru to the Land of Waves.
• Hiruko, Tsunade, and Umino Sasuke transplanted spare organs into Nawaki and revived him with cardiac resuscitation.
• Tsunade asked Nawaki who had taken his organs, and he blamed Iwagakure while avoiding further questions.
• After Tsunade left, Orochimaru confronted Nawaki about the attack, and Nawaki confirmed that someone from Konoha had done it.

Senju Nawaki explained how he had been caught in an Explosive Tag trap and lost his organs, prompting Orochimaru and Umino Sasuke to investigate the events around his death. After learning that Hiruzen Sarutobi may have allowed Nawaki to die and helped cover up the incident, Umino Sasuke wondered whether Orochimaru would confront his former teacher.

• Senju Nawaki told Umino Sasuke and Orochimaru that he had been caught in an Explosive Tag trap, after which a bespectacled girl removed his organs on an Aburame ninja’s order.
• Orochimaru sent Mitarai Shishō and Dan Katō to investigate, while Umino Sasuke urged him to clone Nawaki’s organs for a transplant.
• Orochimaru perfected the cloning technology, then received intelligence from a small white snake and hurried to the Land of Grass front line.
• Umino Sasuke sent Shadow Clones to investigate and learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had allegedly ignored the warning about Nawaki, while Anbu helped Root cover up the organ removal.
• Umino Sasuke considered the reported truth and wondered whether Orochimaru would confront Hiruzen Sarutobi.

After Nawaki survived and was hidden in the Land of Waves, Tsunade publicly reported his death and traced the evidence to Iwagakure. Hiruzen Sarutobi set out to retaliate against Kagero Village, then arrived at the Land of Grass front to oversee the war and a vote on Tsunade’s medical reforms, where Umino Sasuke’s early support won her favor and helped the proposal pass.

• Orochimaru secretly eliminated the Konoha Anbu involved in Nawaki’s ordeal before returning to the Land of Waves, where Tsunade had saved Nawaki with cloned organs.
• Tsunade hid Nawaki in the Land of Waves, returned to the front lines, and pretended he had died while investigating the attempt on his life; her search pointed to Iwagakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi brought Uzumaki Kushina to Uzumaki Mito, but Mito kept the Nine-Tails sealed within herself and ordered Hiruzen to personally lead an attack on Kagero Village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi left Konoha with Anbu and reached the Land of Grass front, where he convened the jōnin and heard Tsunade propose assigning a Medical Ninja to every squad.
• Umino Sasuke supported Tsunade’s proposal before Dan Katō could vote, prompting the Umino Unit and other jōnin to back the reform; Dan Katō, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya also voted in favor, pushing it past half the votes.

Tsunade’s medical-ninja reforms were postponed, while Konoha’s forces arrived at the Land of Grass and reorganized. With Tsunade’s help, the Umino Clan gained a way to merge with Sea Monk Clones and share chakra, easing the clan’s talent shortage.

• Tsunade argued with Hiruzen Sarutobi after he vetoed her medical-ninja reforms, then stormed out when he could not say when he would approve them.
• Konoha’s three thousand reinforcements reached the Land of Grass, bringing its forces there to more than five thousand.
• Umino Sasuke recruited new disciples, including his brother Umino Tobirama, while Umino Kosuzu joined Tsunade as her personal assistant.
• Tsunade helped Umino Kosuzu complete chakra sharing with her Sea Monk Clone, revealing that Katsuyu held the thousand-year technique.
• Umino Sasuke’s clan gained the ability to merge Sea Monk Clones with its ninja and share chakra, improving their abilities and helping them train their secret techniques.

Umino Sasuke trained Umino Tobirama in the Sticky Candy Substitution Technique while helping Tejiku and Inuzuka summoning beasts grow with Spirit Feeding Pills. He reflected on Beast Instinct and Hanzo’s battle instincts as the clans’ animals and allies continued to develop.

• Umino Tobirama complained that he was exhausted, but Umino Sasuke fed him a Honey-made Medicinal Pill and made him continue training.
• Tejiku Kin attacked Umino Tobirama from Little Red, and Tobirama’s Sticky Candy Substitution Technique blocked a shuriken; Kin then earned a Spirit Feeding Pill for his summoning beast.
• The chapter explained how the Tejiku Clan exchanged thirty percent of the Blade Business shares for Umino Sasuke’s help raising Desert Giant Falcons, while the Inuzuka Clan also received Spirit Feeding Pills.
• Umino Sasuke fed Orange Pill a Spirit Feeding Pill and continued helping Inuzuka Gaku train his Beast Instinct.
• Umino Sasuke speculated that skilled fighters such as Uchiha Itachi and Minato Namikaze possessed Beast Instinct, recalling how Hanzo had used battle instinct during their fight to counter Shadow Clones and escape the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.

Inuzuka Gaku’s potential and the fish, bird, and dog clans’ combined combat system were discussed as the Konoha Legion prepared to attack the Stone Ninja defenses. Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Fire Release Brigade overwhelmed the Stone Ninja’s earthen wall, but the defenders raised the ground to evade the flames.

• The Inuzuka, Umino, and Tejiku Clans developed a comprehensive sea-land-air combat system, with Inuzuka ninja attacking and gathering intelligence, Tejiku ninja defending and setting traps, and Umino ninja controlling the battlefield and providing medical support.
• Umino Sasuke took The Three Youngsters as disciples, strengthening the clans’ combined tactics, though the young team had little time to train before the Konoha Legion’s assault.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi led the Konoha Legion in an all-out attack against the Stone Ninja, whose defensive strength had frustrated earlier assaults.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered three hundred Sarutobi-affiliated ninja to unleash a combined Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, melting the Stone Ninja’s Ten Thousand Mile Earth Flow Wall into magma.
• The Stone Ninja used Earth Release: Earth Tremor Core to raise their entire defense line and narrowly evade the advancing flames.

Hiruzen Sarutobi unleashed a devastating five-release technique that broke through the Stone Ninja Corps' defensive line, allowing Konoha's forces to attack across both wings. The Umino Unit drove back Bakuton Kari's Demolition Unit with hurricanes and Explosive Tag Kunai, but Kari was ambushed as he covered his troops' retreat.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi combined all five chakra releases into a technique that tore through the Stone Ninja defenses and killed hundreds.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Fire Release Brigade to attack the breach as the Umino Unit and the Konoha Three Legendary Ninjas advanced on the left and right wings.
• Han transformed into the Five-Tails and fought the right-wing forces until Tsunade struck it and disrupted its attempt to form a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Umino Sasuke halted the Umino Unit's assault against Bakuton Kari's Demolition Unit and used hurricanes carrying Explosive Tag Kunai to prevent its close-range attack.
• Bakuton Kari ordered a retreat and stayed behind to cover his unit, but a subordinate stabbed him in the shoulder before Kari struck back and blew the attacker apart.

Umino Sasuke’s unit routed Bakuton Kari’s Demolition Unit with Mecha Puppets, Explosive Tag Kunai, and Dan Katō’s Spirit Transformation Technique. After pursuing the survivors, Sasuke turned his force toward the main Iwa army to attempt a flanking maneuver, despite being heavily outnumbered.

• Dan Katō used his Spirit Transformation Technique to disrupt Bakuton Kari’s forces, and the resulting suspicion among the Iwa shinobi opened a gap in their defensive formation.
• Umino Sasuke led nine Mecha Puppets and the Tool Brigade in an assault that broke through the Demolition Unit’s defenses with greatsword strikes and Explosive Tag Kunai.
• Bakuton Kari watched his unit collapse and realized its Explosion Release could not compete with Konoha’s lavish use of Explosive Tags.
• As the Demolition Unit routed, Dan Katō targeted the demoralized Iwa shinobi with his Spirit Transformation Technique, while Sasuke resolved to learn the technique after the war.
• After pursuing the survivors for more than a dozen miles, Sasuke turned his unit right to intercept the main Iwa force, risking being overwhelmed by its larger numbers.

Umino Sasuke and the Umino Unit laid explosive-tag traps to harry the retreating Stone Ninja Corps as Hiruzen Sarutobi drove it from behind. The Iwagakure vanguard triggered a costly trap, and Higashi Deadin realized Konoha’s lavish tactics posed a threat beyond the losses they inflicted.

• Umino Sasuke used chakra from captured Iwagakure ninja to print Temporary Explosive Tags while Tejudo and other Tool Manipulation Squadrons set up layered traps.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s advance broke the Stone Ninja Corps’ fighting retreat, while news arrived that Han had transformed into the Five-Tails and was attacking indiscriminately.
• The Stone Ninja Corps chose the Umino Unit’s left-side route over the Five-Tails’ attacks, and Higashi Deadin ordered his troops to keep retreating past the five hundred Konoha demolition ninja.
• The Umino Unit bombarded the retreating force with Explosive Tag Kunai and used Infrasonic Shock to disrupt Iwagakure ninja trying to reshape the foothills.
• The Stone Ninja vanguard triggered a trap containing tens of thousands of Explosive Tags, and Higashi Deadin recognized the enormous cost of Konoha’s tactic.

Higashi Deadin’s Stone Ninja Corps was stalled by Konoha’s Explosive Tag traps and the Umino Unit’s icy defenses, so he ordered a risky retreat toward the Five-Tails. When the Five-Tails fired a small Tailed Beast Ball at the Umino Unit, Umino Sasuke used Samehada to swallow it and discovered the chakra it produced could aid his cultivation.

• After a second advance unit was destroyed by Explosive Tags, Higashi Deadin ordered the Stone Ninja to form a defensive position while scouts dismantled the traps.
• Higashi Deadin sent nearly a thousand Stone Ninja to attack the Umino Unit, but Umino Sasuke and the Water Release Squad froze the mountain pass and stopped their assault.
• Higashi Deadin abandoned the mountain attack and ordered the corps to withdraw around the right flank and recover the Five-Tails.
• The Five-Tails fired a small Tailed Beast Ball toward the Umino Unit, and Umino Sasuke charged at it with Samehada as Kamizuki Hayate ordered his troops to scatter.
• Samehada swallowed the Tailed Beast Ball and transferred its chakra to Umino Sasuke, who realized the energy could help cultivate his Marrow Yang Release Secret Technique and ease Shadow Clone aftereffects.

Umino Sasuke used Samehada to absorb a Tailed Beast Ball, then rode Big White to lure the rampaging Five-Tails Mu King toward the Stone Ninja main force. He wounded the beast with Liquid Nitrogen and ice dragons, drawing its hatred as he flew over the enemy forces.

• Samehada swallowed the Tailed Beast Ball, and Umino Sasuke told it to store the restorative Yin-Yang chakra.
• Umino Sasuke led his unit down the mountain to pursue the Stone Ninja and buy time for Konoha's main force.
• Umino Sasuke rode Big White toward Five-Tails Mu King, which rampaged indiscriminately while the Konoha Three Legendary Ninjas and Stone Ninja struggled to contain it.
• Umino Sasuke released Liquid Nitrogen from two Sealing Scrolls and used Ice Release: Twin Dragon Shot against Five-Tails Mu King.
• Five-Tails Mu King used Boil Release to blast frozen flesh and chakra from its body, roared at Umino Sasuke, and pursued him as Big White flew over the Stone Ninja main force.

Umino Sasuke and the Five-Tails Mu King devastated the Stone Ninja Corps, disrupting their defenses and thwarting an attempt to seal the Five-Tails. With Konoha's main corps arriving and the Five-Tails going berserk, Higashi Deadin abandoned the battle and ordered a retreat, while Umino Sasuke stopped Konoha's pursuit and began taking prisoners.

• Umino Sasuke guided the Five-Tails Mu King into the Stone Ninja defensive positions while his aerial attacks and the Tailed Beast's small Tailed Beast Balls shattered their formations.
• Umino Sasuke and Big White defeated the Stone Ninja aerial forces, while Higashi Deadin ordered them to hold off Umino Sasuke as the Sealing Squad moved toward the Five-Tails Mu King.
• Shadow Clones ambushed the Sealing Squad with explosive tags, preventing them from sealing the Five-Tails Mu King, and the red-armored guard dispersed Umino Sasuke's underground Spore Technique.
• Umino Sasuke recovered with Samehada and a specially formulated pill as the freed Five-Tails Mu King went berserk and Konoha's main corps caught up.
• Higashi Deadin ordered the Stone Ninja to abandon the Five-Tails Mu King and retreat, leaving some troops trapped behind the berserk beast.
• Umino Sasuke called off Konoha's pursuit and began capturing Stone Ninja prisoners.

Umino Sasuke’s forces captured Stone Ninja while he harvested Five-Tails Mu King’s chakra flesh with Liquid Nitrogen, and the Konoha Main Force overwhelmed the depleted Stone Ninja Main Force in a chaotic battle. The fighting turned more dangerous when Sasuke spotted Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki arriving with roughly two hundred elite Iwagakure jonin.

• Many Stone Ninja surrendered to the Umino Unit, while others were killed trying to escape or fight back.
• A Shadow Clone gave Umino Sasuke a Sealing Scroll containing frozen Five-Tails Chakra Flesh, and Sasuke flew toward Five-Tails Mu King to harvest more.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s summoning beast Enma knocked Five-Tails Mu King aside, and Sasuke drenched it in Liquid Nitrogen before it charged into the Stone Ninja retreat.
• Umino Sasuke repeatedly harvested Five-Tails Mu King’s chakra flesh while Iwagakure forces restrained it, then helped it escape as the Konoha Main Force encircled the Stone Ninja.
• The Konoha and Stone Ninja armies clashed in a chaotic melee, and Umino Sasuke spotted Ōnoki leading about two hundred elite jonin toward the battlefield.

Hiruzen Sarutobi held off Ōnoki while Konoha's forces pressed the Stone Ninja, but Stone reinforcements recovered Han and forced the battle into a retreat. Ōnoki and the new arrivals stayed behind to cover their army as Hiruzen launched a final attack.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent three hundred Fire Release troops to intercept Ōnoki, who flew to the battlefield and trapped Five-Tails Mu King with the Mountain Earth Technique.
• Umino Sasuke's hidden Shadow Clone failed to disrupt Ōnoki, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Ōnoki traded attacks before facing off.
• Kitsuchi arrived with two hundred Stone Ninja jonin and stopped the Stone Ninja remnants from collapsing.
• A large fat man in a yellow scarf and his forces took over restraining Five-Tails Mu King, defeated Umino Sasuke's Spore Shadow Clones, and helped recover Han.
• Ōnoki ordered a retreat and stayed with the reinforcements to cover it, while Hiruzen Sarutobi created four Shadow Clones and attacked the Stone Ninja with Composite Ninjutsu.

Umino Sasuke shattered Kitsuchi’s Stone Golem, triggering the Stone Ninja Corps’ rout while Hiruzen Sarutobi held Ōnoki at bay. As the battle fell apart, Umino Sasuke intercepted Higashi Deadin, a senior Iwagakure commander attempting to escape.

• Umino Sasuke used Samehada-boosted Water Release to cut Kitsuchi’s Stone Golem in half, then rallied the Leaf Ninja Army to charge.
• The Stone Ninja lost their morale and fled in disorder as their retreat collapsed.
• Ōnoki attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi with a massive rock fist, but Hiruzen blocked it with Adamantine Prison Wall and countered while Monkey King Saru evaded Ōnoki’s Particle Style.
• The Konoha Three Legendary Ninjas restrained Kitsuchi and Akatsuchi’s troops, while Dan Katō continued harassing the returning Explosion Release Unit.
• Umino Sasuke blocked Higashi Deadin’s escape with two Mecha Puppets and exposed his disguise as the Stone Ninja commander.

Umino Sasuke fought and defeated Higashi Deadin, capturing the Stone Ninja commander after exploiting weaknesses in his defenses. He displayed Higashi Deadin’s captured body over the battlefield, leaving the Stone Ninja demoralized and Konoha’s pursuit reinvigorated.

• Higashi Deadin attacked Umino Sasuke with Earth Release, but Sasuke’s Mecha Puppets blocked his advance.
• Higashi Deadin used Weighted Rock Technique to pin the Mecha Puppets, and Sasuke realized their heavy bodies made them vulnerable to the technique.
• Sasuke blasted through Higashi Deadin’s Earth Flow Wall with Wind Release and crippled his left arm, then used Samehada to free the Mecha Puppets.
• Sasuke shattered Higashi Deadin’s right arm with a Great Ball Rasengan, pursued him with Wind Breathing Style, and pierced him with the Thunder God's Sword.
• Sasuke drained Higashi Deadin’s chakra with Samehada, sealed him, and carried him above the battlefield.
• The Konoha Ninja surged forward after seeing Higashi Deadin captured, while the Stone Ninja lost morale and fled.

Ōnoki and the surviving Stone Ninja retreated under Hiruzen Sarutobi’s relentless pursuit, while Umino Sasuke’s unit captured stragglers and planted traps along their route. When Ōnoki stopped to rest, Sasuke’s Shadow Clones teleported into the trap’s range and detonated Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags around him.

• Ōnoki withdrew with Kitsuchi, Akatsuchi, and the surviving Stone Ninja as Hiruzen Sarutobi’s forces pursued them.
• Umino Sasuke planted Explosive Tag traps at mountain passes and later sent Shadow Clones to help his unit capture routed Stone Ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi pursued Ōnoki’s group for eight hundred miles, then left troops to garrison the border and capture stragglers.
• Sasuke followed Ōnoki with the Telescope Technique and saw him rest beneath a tree marked with the words “[Ōnoki died beneath this tree.]”
• Ōnoki destroyed the tree in anger, triggering Sasuke’s Shadow Clones to teleport around him and detonate Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.

Umino Sasuke failed to kill Ōnoki, who escaped using a splitting technique, but the Umino Unit captured hundreds of Stone Ninja and seized a hidden arsenal. After transporting the supplies away, Umino Sasuke ordered Yamashiro Ryūba to prioritize collecting Iwagakure’s Earth Release techniques and training knowledge.

• Ōnoki escaped Umino Sasuke’s Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags by splitting off part of his body, then fled despite being injured.
• Umino Sasuke abandoned the pursuit when Stone Ninja reinforcements arrived and directed his unit to capture defeated Stone Ninja instead.
• The Umino Unit captured more than two hundred Stone Ninja, while Umino Sasuke discovered and transported the Stone Ninja Corps’ hidden arsenal to the Land of Waves.
• Umino Sasuke destroyed the underground depot’s traces and returned to the front lines as his troops brought in prisoners.
• Umino Sasuke ordered Yamashiro Ryūba and his disciples to interrogate the captives, prioritize Iwagakure Earth Release techniques, and compile insights on the Hardening Technique.

Umino Sasuke received a commendation from Hiruzen Sarutobi for capturing Higashi Deadin and chose the Soul Transformation Technique as his reward. Hiruzen warned him about its difficulty and mistook his interest in resisting genjutsu as hostility toward the Uchiha.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Umino Sasuke for capturing Higashi Deadin and asked what reward he wanted.
• Umino Sasuke explained his failed assassination attempt on Ōnoki and praised Hiruzen Sarutobi’s strength.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Umino Sasuke Explosive Tag Trigger and let him choose an S-Rank Forbidden Jutsu.
• Umino Sasuke chose the Soul Transformation Technique, hoping to increase his mental strength and gain a rapid boost in combat power.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned that the technique was difficult to master and advised Umino Sasuke to avoid provoking the Uchiha.
• Umino Sasuke realized Hiruzen Sarutobi had misunderstood his motives, though he held little ill will toward the Uchiha.