Chapter Summaries

Kakuzu found and mined a Gelel Stone vein, giving Umino Sasuke a powerful new source of life energy that accelerated his cultivation and helped him master Super Beast Imitation Drawing. After the Uzumaki Clan’s visit to the Land of Fire daimyo ended in disappointment, they reached Konoha, where Great Elder Uzumaki publicly challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi over Konoha’s failure to defend Uzushio.

• Kakuzu located Gelel Stone deposits in the Alpine Corridor, defeated a rival group searching for the stone, and secretly transported the ore back to the Land of Waves.
• Umino Sasuke used the Gelel ore to increase Life Yang No. 1 production, accelerate his Chakra Outer Elixir’s growth, and create a miniature Eight-Tails with Super Beast Imitation Drawing.
• The Great Elder Uzumaki sought compensation from the Land of Fire daimyo, who avoided the request while privately trying to recruit Umino Sasuke as a potential Hokage rival to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• The Uzumaki convoy arrived in Konoha to a rapturous welcome for Umino Sasuke, while Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to receive Great Elder Uzumaki and address Konoha’s role in Uzushio’s destruction.
• Great Elder Uzumaki accused Hiruzen Sarutobi before the villagers, asking why only the Umino Clan had aided Uzushio and whether Konoha had sacrificed the Land of Whirlpools for peace.

Umino Sasuke turned the Uzumaki Clan’s grievance over Konoha’s failure to defend the Land of Whirlpools into a political opening, helping Uzumaki Ashina become Konoha’s Great Advisor Elder and take charge of the Barrier Team. Ashina promised to strengthen Konoha’s barrier and begin expanding its coverage, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi publicly supportive but weakened.

• Great Elder Uzumaki accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of sacrificing the Land of Whirlpools, and Hiruzen blamed Utatane Koharu and Hyuga Sogen for opposing full support.
• Umino Sasuke intervened, acknowledged that Konoha had failed its ally, and proposed appointing Uzumaki Ashina as a Konoha Advisor Elder.
• Utatane Koharu, Hyuga Sogen, and Torifu Akimichi supported the appointment, while Uchiha Fire Nucleus stayed neutral and Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted that he could not block it.
• Uzumaki Ashina formally became Konoha’s Great Advisor Elder, gaining a senior position in the village’s leadership.
• Torifu Akimichi proposed that Uzumaki Ashina take charge of the Barrier Team and expand Konoha’s barrier, prompting enthusiastic support from clan heads and villagers.
• Uzumaki Ashina promised to strengthen the barrier by more than thirty percent within half a month and initially double its coverage within one month.

Uzumaki Ashina used the Uzumaki Clan’s arrival and Konoha’s expansion to secure influence, control of the Barrier Team, and three Direct Anbu squads, while Umino Sasuke mediated a settlement with Hiruzen Sarutobi. Konoha prospered under the Uzumaki Clan’s leadership, but Hiruzen diverted two-thirds of the promised compensation to the Land of Waves, leaving the clan with only ten million ryo.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered the Uzumaki Clan prime clan grounds and promised thirty million ryo in compensation, while Uzumaki Ashina’s clansmen emphasized their losses and the inadequacy of Konoha’s offer.
• Umino Sasuke urged Uzumaki Ashina to accept the settlement for Konoha’s sake, and Ashina agreed while reminding Hiruzen of the clan’s sacrifices and grievances.
• Uzumaki Ashina took control of the Barrier Team, and Torifu Akimichi proposed forming three squads of Direct Anbu under Ashina’s command, gaining support from the other leaders and clans.
• The Uzumaki Clan improved Konoha’s barrier defenses and helped drive its expansion, while Umino Sasuke’s clan secured valuable development rights and Ashina’s prestige grew.
• Umino Sasuke discovered that Hiruzen Sarutobi had sent only ten million ryo to the Uzumaki Clan and redirected the remaining twenty million ryo to the Land of Waves as aid.

Umino Sasuke condemned Hiruzen Sarutobi’s political decisions and recognized the Hokage’s attempt to force him to sign the ceasefire treaty with Sunagakure. At the new Anbu training ground, Yūhi Shinkurō defeated Uchiha Ryūka with genjutsu, and Umino Sasuke challenged them both to demonstrate his own resistance and skill.

• Umino Sasuke judged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s aid to the Land of Waves and his handling of the war against Sunagakure as shortsighted, while calculating how to sideline him later.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Umino Sasuke plenipotentiary representative to sign the ceasefire agreement and oversee the handover of Monk Bunpuku, intending to damage his reputation whichever choice he made.
• Uchiha Ryūka challenged battalion commander Umino Ikaku, but Yūhi Shinkurō stepped in and provoked Ryūka into fighting him instead.
• Yūhi Shinkurō countered Ryūka’s Sharingan genjutsu with Demonic Illusion: Mirror Nirvana, then defeated him with Demonic Illusion: All Creation and held a kunai to his throat.
• Umino Sasuke praised Shinkurō’s genjutsu and invited him and Ryūka to attack together; their combined genjutsu had no effect on him, and he began demonstrating the limits of genjutsu.

Umino Sasuke dominated a training match, won the Anbu’s respect by offering them advice, and then helped Umino Ikaku attempt to fuse Boil Release with a rare elixir. The fusion failed, but Ikaku gained valuable experience and resolved to keep trying before his child was born.

• Umino Sasuke defeated Yūhi Shinkurō and Uchiha Ryūka in moments, then gave them and the other Anbu members advice that earned their respect.
• Umino Sasuke told Umino Ikaku that his own strength was essential to keeping the Anbu division commander position, then offered him a Boil Release Kekkei Genkai Elixir.
• Umino Ikaku initially urged Umino Sasuke to use the precious elixir, but accepted it after Sasuke explained that Ice Release could conflict with Boil Release.
• Umino Sasuke used gravity and a sealing technique to guide Umino Ikaku’s fusion attempt, but the Boil Release power collapsed before it could stabilize.
• Umino Sasuke reassured Umino Ikaku that the attempt had strengthened him and left him with valuable experience, and Ikaku vowed to try again within half a year so his future child might inherit Boil Release potential.

Umino Sasuke welcomed Hagane Senkichi and Kamizuki Hayate into the Umino Clan as vassals, then assigned them to escort Monk Bunpuku to a controversial ceasefire negotiation with Sunagakure. At his Land of Waves laboratory, Sasuke successfully awakened Magnetic Release and began accelerating his body’s transformation.

• Umino Sasuke congratulated Hagane Senkichi and Kamizuki Hayate on becoming fathers to Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane.
• Kamizuki Hayate and Hagane Senkichi asked to make their clans vassals of the Umino Clan, and Umino Sasuke accepted and promised access to Water Candy Secret Techniques.
• Umino Sasuke assigned the two men to escort One-Tail Jinchuriki Monk Bunpuku to sign a ceasefire with Sunagakure, whose terms included returning the Jinchuriki without receiving war reparations.
• Umino Sasuke inspected the Little God Tree and prepared to fuse Magnetic Release by studying an Ink Release imitation of Shukaku.
• Umino Sasuke consumed Magnetic Release fusion elixirs and used gravity and sealing techniques to fuse Wind and Earth Release chakra, awakening Magnetic Release.
• Umino Sasuke consumed attribute elixirs to accelerate his body’s transformation and adaptation to Magnetic Release.

Umino Sasuke continued developing his Magnet Release, secured new research funding from Hiruko, and inspected the growing strength of Otogakure and the Land of Whirlpools. As he departed to escort Bunpuku to the ceasefire signing, he learned Hidden Sand was secretly preparing for trouble and began monitoring its leaders.

• Umino Sasuke advanced his Magnet Release transformation and visited Hiruko, who proposed developing kekkei genkai enhancement potions for Summoning Beasts.
• Umino Sasuke approved Hiruko's research plan and gave him a note for ten million ryo in funding.
• Umino Sasuke inspected the Land of Whirlpools' farmland projects and watched Otogakure's Fire Release Brigade demonstrate a powerful combined technique.
• Umino Sasuke left Konoha with Bunpuku, Mito Kadena, Hagane Senkichi, Kamizuki Hayate, and a battalion of Umino Clan Soldiers to attend the ceasefire signing.
• Umino Sasuke met Senju Nawaki in the Land of Wind and learned that Chiyo had secretly moved elite Hidden Sand ninja toward the Land of Rivers.
• Umino Sasuke reviewed his Shadow Clone's surveillance of Chiyo and the Third Kazekage, then began watching Hidden Sand's leaders himself.

Umino Sasuke learned that Chiyo and the Third Kazekage planned to ambush him at the ceasefire signing, then prepared to turn their plot into a counterattack against Hidden Sand. The Iron Wall Legion began secretly arranging an encirclement while the signing remained scheduled.

• Umino Sasuke overheard Chiyo persuade the Third Kazekage to kill him during the signing and use the attack to gain concessions from Konoha.
• Umino Sasuke discovered Chiyo using Yang Release Chakra on Human Puppets made from Ebizo and Sandstorm Gale, apparently developing Self Reincarnation.
• Umino Sasuke escaped after Chiyo sensed a possible presence, left a Shadow Clone to watch her, and used Flying Thunder God Technique to return to the Land of Rivers.
• Umino Sasuke told Nara Shikaku that Hidden Sand planned an ambush, and Shikaku gathered the senior officers for a confidential meeting.
• Umino Sasuke ordered the signing to proceed while the Anbu and Iron Wall Legion secretly prepared to trap Hidden Sand forces and annihilate their combat strength.

Umino Sasuke accepted Hidden Sand’s proposed treaty location at Red Rock Fortress and secretly arranged to encircle it. When the Third Kazekage and three allies launched a coordinated ambush, Umino Sasuke escaped the first strike and summoned his human puppets as the battle escalated.

• A white snake delivered Orochimaru’s message to Umino Sasuke, who then ordered preparations for a surprise attack on Hidden Sand.
• Shakuran Hōjō pressed to hold the treaty signing at Red Rock Fortress, and Umino Sasuke agreed to meet the Third Kazekage there at noon the next day.
• Umino Sasuke assigned Nara Shikaku and trusted captains to conceal the Iron Wall Legion’s movements and prepare the operation around Red Rock Fortress.
• Umino Sasuke arrived at the fortress with Monk Bunpuku’s prison cart as Mitarai Shishō and the Iron Wall Legion took their hidden positions.
• Ebizo, Sandstorm Gale, Chiyo, and the Third Kazekage attacked Umino Sasuke during the signing, but he avoided their opening assault with an Earth Replacement Technique.
• Chiyo and the Third Kazekage ordered Hidden Sand’s forces to attack, while Umino Sasuke fought the four Kage-Level Experts and summoned Kaguya Hyakusen, Dodai, and Lapis Lazuli.

Orochimaru’s ambush poisoned the Third Kazekage as Konoha’s Iron Wall Legion encircled Red Rock Fortress, trapping the Hidden Sand forces. Umino Sasuke overwhelmed Chiyo’s side and nearly struck down the fleeing Kazekage, who escaped the attack and continued toward the desert.

• Umino Sasuke’s Human Puppets blocked the combined attack from the Third Kazekage, Chiyo, Ebizo, and Sandstorm Gale, while Orochimaru stabbed and poisoned the Third Kazekage from the shadows.
• Orochimaru revealed the surrounding Konoha forces and demanded the Hidden Sand leaders surrender, but the Third Kazekage ordered a breakout and Chiyo tried to cover the retreat.
• Kaguya Hyakusen joined Orochimaru against the injured Third Kazekage, while Umino Sasuke confronted Chiyo and his puppets engaged Ebizo and Sandstorm Gale.
• Umino Sasuke’s Lightning Release and Chakra-Enhanced Strength overwhelmed Chiyo, while Lapis Lazuli’s puppet army defeated Sandstorm Gale and Dodai’s defenses contained Ebizo.
• The Third Kazekage tried to flee alone, and Umino Sasuke hurled a Spiraling Shuriken that cut through several Iron Sand walls before dissipating just short of him.
• The terrified Third Kazekage abandoned Chiyo and the Hidden Sand troops and flew toward the desert as Orochimaru pursued him.

Umino Sasuke’s forces captured Sunagakure’s leaders and defeated its army at Red Rock Fortress, then set out to invade Sunagakure. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi still expected Sasuke to have signed the ceasefire treaty, unaware that the victorious force was advancing on the village.

• Orochimaru and Kaguya Hyakusen overcame the poison-weakened Third Kazekage, captured him, and sealed him.
• Umino Sasuke used Magnet Release to defeat Chiyo, force her surrender by threatening Sandstorm Gale’s puppet core, and capture her, Ebizo, and the human puppets.
• The capture of Sunagakure’s leaders shattered its troops’ morale, and the remaining ninja surrendered after Chiyo urged them to preserve Suna’s survivors.
• Mitarai Shishō captured Shakuran Hōjō, and the Battle of Red Rock Fortress ended in a decisive Konoha victory.
• Umino Sasuke and Orochimaru departed with the captives aboard Desert Giant Falcons, leading an assault toward Sunagakure while Konoha’s Anbu sent news to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Utatane Koharu believed Sasuke had signed the ceasefire agreement and expected Konoha’s western front to be pacified.

Umino Sasuke led the Iron Wall Legion in a surprise assault on Sunagakure while Tsunade attacked Rasa’s forces at the Land of Rain front, drawing reinforcements away from the village. The infiltration was discovered, and the battle for Sunagakure began as Sasuke and his allies pushed toward key targets.

• Tsunade launched a fierce attack on Rasa’s defensive line, prompting him to request reinforcements that Sunagakure sent toward the Land of Rain front.
• Umino Sasuke arrived near Sunagakure with the Iron Wall Legion and met Kaihane, a hidden ally who revealed the village’s defenses and guard routines.
• Uchiha Shun and Kurama Shichigatsu used genjutsu to incapacitate the guards at One-Line Gorge, allowing the Iron Wall Legion to enter the village.
• A Sensor Ninja detected the invading force and raised the alarm, so Umino Sasuke ordered the troops to enact Plan B and attack key locations.
• The Iron Wall Legion and the Umino Clan’s aerial unit launched their assault, while Umino Sasuke headed for the Kazekage Building and Orochimaru targeted the village’s records.

Umino Sasuke crushed Sunagakure’s resistance with the Iron Wall Legion, Manda, and his summoned puppets, then forced the Sabaku Clan to surrender. He used captives and a disguised Shadow Clone of the Third Kazekage to pressure the Shakuran Clan, whose resistance faltered after the apparent Kazekage urged surrender.

• Might Duy, Gekko Yoru, Mitarai Shishō, and the Iron Wall Legion routed Hidden Sand’s defenders as Orochimaru summoned Manda, whose rampage Umino Sasuke stopped with a punch and a show of Ink Release Shukaku.
• Umino Sasuke summoned Mecha Puppets and a Chimera puppet, breaking the remaining resistance and prompting Kaihane to guide him toward the Sabaku Clan’s stronghold.
• Umino Sasuke overwhelmed the Sabaku Clan with Ink Release Shukaku’s sand control, and Sabaku Dake persuaded the Sabaku Great Elder to surrender after Umino Sasuke ordered captured clansmen executed.
• Umino Sasuke took the Sabaku leaders and other captives toward the Shakuran Clan, using a Shadow Clone disguised as the Third Kazekage to make the clan’s defenders doubt their resistance.
• Umino Sasuke blasted open the Shakuran Clan’s defenses with Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken and displayed its captured leaders, but the Shakuran Elder and Pakura rejected the surrender appeal until the disguised Kazekage urged them to yield.

Umino Sasuke secured Sunagakure’s surrender, occupied the village, and discovered its immense wealth was concentrated among its elite. He distributed spoils and captured ninjutsu generously to the Iron Wall Legion, boosting its loyalty to him as he considered how Konoha might pursue reform.

• Umino Sasuke used a disguised Third Kazekage’s Magnet Release and the Sabaku Great Elder’s plea to persuade the Shakuran Elder to surrender, and Pakura surrendered with her clan.
• Umino Sasuke sealed Pakura’s Scorch Release, then led the surrendered Hidden Sand leaders to secure the remaining clans and end organized resistance.
• Eight hundred Iron Wall Legion reinforcements arrived, and Umino Sasuke imposed martial law and took control of Sunagakure.
• Nara Shikaku presented an inventory showing Sunagakure possessed vast mineral wealth and treasure, prompting Umino Sasuke to discuss inequality and possible reforms in Konoha.
• Umino Sasuke ordered captured ninjutsu opened to the campaign’s participants and assigned thirty percent of the spoils to the legion, drawing Nara Shikaku’s concern about the village leadership’s reaction.
• The Iron Wall Legion cheered Umino Sasuke’s rewards, and he gave most captured puppets to the Puppet Unit, greatly improving its equipment.

Umino Sasuke forced Hidden Sand’s leaders to issue an unconditional surrender order, then flew to the Land of Rain front and broke Rasa’s legion’s morale by revealing Sunagakure’s fall and the destruction of the Sabaku Clan. Rasa tried to escape but was stopped by Umino Sasuke, who countered his Magnet Release and left him stunned.

• Harano Mori received two top-tier puppets and rose to Elite Jonin strength, while Mimura Hamaki advanced by studying Hidden Sand’s ninjutsu heritage.
• Umino Sasuke presented the Third Kazekage and Chiyo with harsh surrender terms, but they refused as Hidden Sand’s elders and clan heads argued over who was responsible for the village’s defeat.
• Umino Sasuke ordered Gekko Yoru to deal with the Sabaku Clan, frightening the remaining leaders into signing an unconditional surrender order for the Hidden Sand legion at the Land of Rain front.
• Umino Sasuke left Nara Shikaku and Shirakumo Hayama to oversee occupied Sunagakure, then flew with elite Konoha ninja and the captured Third Kazekage and Chiyo to the Land of Rain battlefield.
• Umino Sasuke revealed that Sunagakure had fallen, displayed the Sabaku Clan’s severed heads, and announced the surrender order, causing most of Rasa’s troops to lay down their weapons.
• Rasa led his loyal followers in a breakout attempt, but Umino Sasuke blocked him and countered his Great Burial of Gold Dust with Magnet Release, shocking Rasa.

Umino Sasuke defeated Rasa and helped Konoha secure the Land of Rain battlefield, while Tsunade captured the surrendering Kazekage. After Tsunade rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s proposed treaty, Sasuke suggested visiting the Land of Wind’s Daimyo before setting the terms of surrender.

• Umino Sasuke used Magnet Release and successive Spiraling shuriken attacks to overwhelm Rasa, who escaped one strike with Sand Replacement and then surrendered to Tsunade.
• Tsunade had Konoha ninjas subdue and seal Rasa, and the battlefield’s remaining resistance ended as Konoha gathered prisoners and cleared the area.
• Umino Sasuke explained to Tsunade how he and Orochimaru captured the Third Kazekage and Chiyo and took Sunagakure during a period of weakness.
• Tsunade read Hiruzen Sarutobi’s treaty draft and condemned its unconditional concessions, becoming increasingly estranged from her former teacher.
• Umino Sasuke told Tsunade that Sunagakure should surrender unconditionally and proposed visiting the Land of Wind’s Daimyo to determine the ceasefire terms.

Tsunade and Umino Sasuke led more than two thousand troops toward the Daimyo's Mansion of the Land of Wind, while Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Sunagakure had fallen and reconsidered the consequences. Convinced that Konoha could exploit the victory against Iwagakure, Hiruzen ordered Utatane Koharu to secure the Land of Wind and planned to command the next decisive battle himself.

• Tsunade accepted command of the planned attack on the Daimyo's Mansion of the Land of Wind and appointed Umino Sasuke chief of staff for the operation.
• After handling the Land of Rain battlefield's aftermath, Tsunade and Umino Sasuke led a force of more than two thousand troops into the Land of Wind.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received news that Umino Sasuke had captured Sunagakure and worried that the victory would provoke Konoha's rivals and disrupt the balance among the great shinobi villages.
• Utatane Koharu argued that Sunagakure's defeat freed Konoha to focus its forces on Iwagakure, and persuaded Hiruzen that he could claim credit for the victory as Hokage.
• Hiruzen ordered Utatane Koharu to negotiate a favorable ceasefire and oversee the Land of Wind, while he planned to summon Umino Sasuke's troops back and personally command the campaign against Hidden Stone Village.

After learning that Umino Sasuke had conquered Sunagakure, Shimura Danzō took credit for the Iron Wall Legion’s success and began sweeping reforms on the Land of Waterfalls Frontline, provoking fierce resistance from Konoha’s clans. Ōnoki, alarmed by Sasuke’s growing power, ordered Iwagakure to restart its dangerous Clay Explosion Release Forbidden Jutsu Experiment, placing Kitsuchi in charge.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Utatane Koharu to carry out his plans as he prepared to return to the front lines.
• Aburame Ryoma told Shimura Danzō that Umino Sasuke had captured the Third Kazekage and conquered Sunagakure, and Danzō credited the victory to his reforms.
• Danzō ordered immediate military reforms on the Land of Waterfalls Frontline, including specialized combined ninjutsu units and expanded access to intermediate and Advanced Ninjutsu.
• The Uchiha, Hyuga, and other clans resisted Danzō’s reforms, throwing the Konoha Legion into disorder and weakening its defenses.
• After learning that Sasuke had conquered Sunagakure, Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to restart the Clay Explosion Release Forbidden Jutsu Experiment, and Kitsuchi agreed to oversee it.

After Hidden Sand Village fell, the Third Raikage chose to stall rather than break Kumogakure’s alliance with Konoha, while the injured Third Mizukage prepared to attack the Land of Waves. Suikazan Fuguki secretly passed Kirigakure’s plans to Umino Sasuke as Sasuke and Tsunade’s army raced toward the Daimyo’s Mansion in the Land of Wind.

• Kitsuchi left to gather personnel and supplies for Ōnoki’s forbidden experiment after Hidden Sand Village’s defeat disrupted their plans.
• The Third Raikage rejected Little Ay’s suggestion to abandon Kumogakure’s alliance with Konoha and ordered the front to hold position under the pretense of his injuries and Blue B’s instability.
• The Third Raikage told Little Ay to take Killer B to visit the ailing Blue B as Killer B was being considered as the next Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The Third Mizukage and Genji agreed to redirect Kirigakure’s internal tensions by preparing an expeditionary fleet to attack the Land of Waves.
• Suikazan Fuguki sent an unsuspecting Anbu squad carrying a false order that secretly conveyed Kirigakure’s invasion plans to Umino Sasuke.
• Umino Sasuke warned Tsunade that the Land of Wind’s Daimyo was gathering defenders, and Tsunade ordered their army to accelerate its march toward the Daimyo’s Mansion.

The Daimyo of the Land of Wind prepared to defend his capital while sending negotiators to delay Konoha’s advance. At the Konoha camp, Umino Sasuke brokered a compromise: negotiations would continue as the army pressed forward, with the Western Front campaign to end within three days.

• The Daimyo of the Land of Wind ordered his forces to gather at the capital and had a minister executed for suggesting surrender.
• Shadow warned the daimyo that his forces were outmatched, so the daimyo sent negotiators to stall while recalling garrisons from the oases.
• Tsunade rejected the Land of Wind delegation’s offers and demanded unconditional surrender or the fall of the capital.
• Utatane Koharu arrived and argued with Tsunade over the risks of taking the capital and the need to end the Western Front campaign quickly.
• Umino Sasuke proposed continuing negotiations while the Konoha army advanced, and Utatane Koharu agreed to conclude the campaign within three days.