Chapter Summaries

Umino Sasuke stabilized the Chakra Outer Elixir with Magnet Release and gravity, unexpectedly awakening a weak gravitational force that suggested a path toward Rinnegan-like abilities. He then developed a prototype Plasma Lightning Release Armor powered by electromagnetic forces, but its instability forced him to continue experimenting while assigning Shadow Clones to develop an Electromagnetic Cannon.

• Umino Sasuke used an imitation Shukaku, Magnet Release seals, and the Super Weighted Rock Technique to stabilize the Chakra Outer Elixir, which began producing a weak gravitational force.
• Umino Sasuke inferred that Yin-Yang Release combined with elemental ninjutsu might reproduce abilities like Banshō Ten'in and Planetary Devastation, and chose to focus on practical electromagnetic ninjutsu.
• Umino Sasuke oscillated his Lightning Release Armor until it formed plasma, then used Magnet Release to contain it and create a prototype Plasma Lightning Release Armor sustained partly by its own magnetic field.
• Umino Sasuke accidentally released an electromagnetic pulse that lifted the guards’ weapons, then reassured them and confined the field around himself.
• Umino Sasuke found that the plasma and electromagnetic field destroyed his Shadow Clones, so he continued testing with his main body and assigned the clones to develop the Electromagnetic Cannon.

Umino Sasuke ordered a lightning assault on Kirigakure’s logistics base in the Land of Seas and arranged to lure its main fleet into an ambush near Bay of Bozhou. The raid swiftly overwhelmed the port’s defenders, leaving Suikazan Fuguki cornered by Uchiha Shun and terrified by Umino Sasuke’s arrival.

• Umino Sasuke received intelligence that Kirigakure was attacking the Land of Waves and ordered Uchiha Shun to destroy its logistics base in the Land of Seas.
• Umino Sasuke sent Senju Nawaki to tell Kakuzu to lure Kirigakure’s main fleet toward Bay of Bozhou, where Umino Sasuke planned to annihilate it.
• Uchiha Shun led the Iron Wall Legion in a surprise attack that quickly defeated the Kirigakure defenders at the port.
• Umino Sasuke arrived at the docks with Might Duy, Shirakumo Hayama, and Gekko Yoru as Uchiha Shun fought Suikazan Fuguki.
• Might Duy offered to join the fight, and Suikazan Fuguki spotted Umino Sasuke and lost hope of escape.

Suikazan Fuguki surrendered to Umino Sasuke and revealed Kirigakure’s plans, prompting Sasuke to send his fleet toward the Bay of Bozhou. There, Kakuzu’s submarines attacked the Mist fleet, but Kirigakure’s combined Water and Lightning Release tactics checked them until three Land of Waves ironclads joined the battle.

• Suikazan Fuguki surrendered to Umino Sasuke and disclosed the Third Mizukage’s fleet plans, deployments, and supply routes.
• Umino Sasuke ordered Nara Shikaku to prepare the army and fleet to depart for the Bay of Bozhou.
• Kakuzu ordered the submarines to attack and harass the Mist Village Main Fleet, drawing it toward the bay.
• The Third Mizukage countered the submarines with turbulent Water Release and concentrated Lightning Release, forcing Kakuzu’s damaged submarine to retreat.
• Kakuzu boarded the Land of Waves flagship and ordered three ironclads to attack the Mist fleet alongside the submarines.

The Land of Waves fleet lured the Mist Village Fleet toward Bay of Bozhou while Kakuzu and Hiruko fought the Third Mizukage and Karatachi Yagura. Senju Nawaki rescued them by falcon, and Hiruko suspected Nawaki had awakened Wood Release.

• The Land of Waves ironclad ships destroyed four Kirigakure warships, but Hiruko persuaded Kakuzu to slow their attacks and feign retreat to draw the enemy toward Bay of Bozhou.
• The Third Mizukage ignored Ao's warning and ordered the Mist Village Fleet to pursue, then attacked Kakuzu while Karatachi Yagura fought Hiruko.
• Kakuzu and Hiruko fought while withdrawing, keeping the Mist fighters chasing them toward Bay of Bozhou until they broke away and retreated.
• Senju Nawaki arrived on a Desert Giant Falcon and rescued Kakuzu and Hiruko, blocking Kirigakure's attacks with Water Release.
• Hiruko watched Senju Nawaki's powerful Water Release and suspected that he had awakened the First Hokage's Wood Release.

The Land of Waves lured the Mist Village Fleet into Bay of Bozhou and unleashed a devastating sea, shore, and air assault. The Third Mizukage’s forces kept charging despite heavy losses, while grayish-white smoke trapped their elite spearhead and left them exposed to gunfire.

• Senju Nawaki helped form a three-dimensional interception force as the Land of Waves forces drew the Mist Village Fleet toward Bay of Bozhou.
• The Third Mizukage urged his fleet to seize the Land of Waves, but Ao warned him that massive chakra signatures lay beneath the harbor.
• Coastal Defense Chakra Cannons and the three Ironclad Ships opened fire, destroying several Kirigakure patrol ships and trapping the fleet in a crossfire.
• The Third Mizukage ordered a death charge, and hundreds of Sound Ninja in the Air Force Unit strafed the advancing Mist Ninja with Chakra Rapid-Fire Cannons.
• Kirigakure’s Wind Release ninja forced the air force higher while a jonin spearhead rushed toward the coast, but strange smoke immobilized many elites and exposed them to precise aerial fire.

The Third Mizukage ordered Kirigakure’s battered fleet to press its assault on the Land of Waves, only for the Konoha Fleet and submarines to trap it inside Bay of Bozhou. Umino Sasuke immobilized Bloody Mist II with a vast magnetic field and began flipping the ironclad flagship, leaving the Third Mizukage’s forces in chaos.

• The Third Mizukage refused to retreat and ordered Kirigakure’s forces to launch a final charge while Kakuzu withdrew the exhausted Ibururi Clan to recover.
• The Third Mizukage mistook the Ibururi Clan’s withdrawal for weakness and sent the Mist fleet rushing toward the Land of Waves’ shoreline.
• A reconnaissance ninja spotted the approaching Konoha Fleet behind the Mist forces, and the Third Mizukage realized the battle was a trap and ordered a retreat.
• Kakuzu’s submarines attacked the fleeing Mist fleet at the bay’s narrow exit as the Konoha Fleet moved into position.
• The Third Mizukage ordered Bloody Mist II to ram through the Konoha ships, but Umino Sasuke used Magnet Release to stop the ironclad flagship.
• Umino Sasuke lifted and overturned Bloody Mist II, while the Third Mizukage’s attempt to stabilize it with Ice Release failed.

Umino Sasuke crushed Kirigakure’s attempt to escape, capturing Karatachi Yagura with Samehada and turning the Mist Ninja’s weapons against them. As the Third Mizukage led a desperate attack, Umino Sasuke overwhelmed his Ice Release and answered his forbidden technique with the same jutsu.

• The Third Mizukage ordered Karatachi Yagura to transform, but Samehada drained his Tailed Beast Chakra and carried the unconscious Yagura to Umino Sasuke.
• Ao urged the Third Mizukage to surrender, but the Mizukage refused and led the Mist Ninja in a charge against Umino Sasuke.
• Umino Sasuke used Magnet Release to make the Mist Ninja’s metal weapons attack their owners, killing many and breaking the charge.
• The Third Mizukage confronted Umino Sasuke with Ice Release, but Umino Sasuke’s Ice Dragon Bullet Technique defeated his in a direct clash.
• The Third Mizukage unleashed Ice Release: Nine Dragon Binding Kill, and Umino Sasuke countered with the same technique as nine powerful ice dragons emerged.

Umino Sasuke annihilated Kirigakure’s fleet at Bay of Bozhou, killing the Third Mizukage and routing the remaining Mist Ninja. After the victory, Pakura tried to approach Sasuke, but Kakuzu arrived with urgent business and spoke with him privately.

• Umino Sasuke defeated the Third Mizukage’s ice dragons, then killed him with Flying Thunder God Technique and Lightning Cutter after the Mizukage attempted to surrender.
• Ao ordered the surviving Mist Ninja to scatter and flee, but Umino Sasuke cut through their ranks while many ships crashed on the reefs and the allied forces destroyed those that escaped the bay.
• The Konoha Iron Wall Legion celebrated the destruction of Kirigakure’s main fleet as the Hidden Sand auxiliaries watched Umino Sasuke with fear.
• Pakura asked how Umino Sasuke had defeated the Third Mizukage, and he misled her by claiming he could use ice coordinates to teleport across water.
• Pakura awkwardly congratulated and tried to charm Umino Sasuke, but he called out her change in attitude, prompting her to resume her cold demeanor.
• Kakuzu arrived on the Chinkaze, and Umino Sasuke formed a soundproof barrier to speak with him privately while Pakura withdrew.

Umino Sasuke and the allied forces destroyed Kirigakure’s fleet and trapped its survivors at the Land of Seas, leaving Ao among the few who escaped. After salvaging the sunken ironclad Bloody Mist II, Umino Sasuke and Kakuzu planned to attack the Land of Water’s ports and shipyards while the Iron Wall Legion moved north.

• Kakuzu reported that the allied forces had sunk or captured more than seventy Kirigakure warships and nearly wiped out the fleet.
• Ao and the surviving Kirigakure elites reached the Land of Seas, where Uchiha Shun’s troops ambushed them; most were killed, but Ao escaped by summoned shark.
• Umino Sasuke used Magnetic Release to raise Bloody Mist II from the seabed, right it, and tow it toward the Land of Waves port.
• Kakuzu inspected Bloody Mist II and celebrated its value, while Umino Sasuke noted that the Land of Waves would soon have five ironclad ships.
• Umino Sasuke ordered the Land of Waves forces to attack the Land of Water’s ports and shipyards, while the Iron Wall Legion prepared to head north.
• Umino Sasuke assigned Samehada and Sea Monk to help the Wolf Fang Submarine Force blockade the Land of Water’s main ports.

The Land of Waves fleet devastated the Land of Water’s coastal ports and shipyards, then regrouped with an enormous fortune Hiruko had taken from pirate-descended nobles. When Kirigakure’s three-thousand-man force pursued them, Kakuzu and Hiruko chose Whale Fishing Bay for a final ambush, while Elder Genji ordered his army to press on.

• Kakuzu and Hiruko led the Land of Waves fleet into the Land of Water, where it seized a major port, destroyed its shipyard, and looted noble estates and official warehouses.
• The fleet split into three sub-fleets and ravaged ports along the coast before regrouping, while Hiruko arrived late with a hold full of treasure taken from the Land of Water’s pirate nobility.
• The Fuma Clan Leader warned Kakuzu that Kirigakure had assembled a three-thousand-man force and was closing in, so Kakuzu and Hiruko planned to retreat through Whale Fishing Bay and fight there.
• Kakuzu sent Sound Ninja air units to harass the advancing Mist Hidden Legion and staged a slow withdrawal to make it seem the fleet was burdened by its spoils.
• Elder Genji recognized the feint and ordered the Mist Hidden Legion to accelerate, while Ao agreed that the fleet’s heavy cargo made it vulnerable.

The Land of Waves fleet lured Genji’s Kirigakure army into Whale Fishing Bay by pretending to flee, then sprang a prepared ambush. As the trapped Mist Ninja faced the giant Sea Monk, the battle turned into a desperate fight for survival.

• The Sound Ninja Air Force scattered Kirigakure’s hawk unit, then withdrew after exhausting its ammunition, allowing Genji to resume his forced march.
• Kakuzu ordered the Land of Waves fleet into its planned positions in Whale Fishing Bay and staged a frantic retreat amid piles of treasure.
• Genji believed the fleet was trapped and ordered three thousand Kirigakure ninja to cross the water and seize the bay’s narrow exit channel.
• Kakuzu’s fleet, submarines, and returning air force unleashed their weapons as the Kirigakure forces charged, while Genji urged his troops toward the Ironclad Ships.
• Kakuzu ordered the trap closed, and the waters erupted as Sea Monk rose from the bay, revealed its immense power, and sent a towering tsunami toward the Kirigakure army.

The Land of Waves forces crushed Kirigakure’s legion at Whale Fishing Bay with Sea Monk, Samehada, Kakuzu, and Hiruko, then routed the survivors inland. Genji escaped with fewer than four hundred ninja and blamed the White Blood Demon for Kirigakure’s repeated disasters.

• Sea Monk’s waves and Samehada’s chakra-draining attacks devastated the Mist Ninja, while Ao recognized Samehada and Genji ordered a retreat.
• Kakuzu and Hiruko joined the battle, slaughtering Mist Ninja with powerful ninjutsu and stolen Kekkei Genkai as the Land of Waves fleet and air force covered the attack.
• More than a thousand Mist Ninja escaped to shore, but Kakuzu ordered the Sound Ninja to pursue and shattered Genji’s attempts to organize a defense.
• Kakuzu halted the pursuit after nearly a hundred li to protect his limited forces, while Genji fled with the remaining Kirigakure survivors.
• Genji counted fewer than four hundred ninja gathered around him, and Ao blamed the White Blood Demon for Kirigakure’s catastrophic losses.

Genji tried to unite Kirigakure after its devastating defeat, but Kakuzu’s forces plundered the Land of Water’s wealthy inland targets while drawing the Mist army away from the capital. A Sea Monk clone ambushed the pursuing troops, leaving Genji’s cautious legion delayed as the final treasure shipments departed Whale Fishing Port.

• Genji rallied Kirigakure’s major clans to unite against the Land of Waves, and they accepted him as their temporary leader.
• Kakuzu used a Sound Ninja air-force feint against the Daimyo’s Mansion while leading ground forces to raid wealthy inland cities and estates.
• After learning the raids were targeting the country’s wealth, Genji left troops to defend the mansion and marched toward Whale Fishing Port with nearly two thousand ninja.
• Kakuzu withdrew the air force and used it to harass the Mist legion while his transport convoys carried the stolen treasure away.
• Genji rejected a full-army charge after Terumi warned of a possible ambush, and a Sea Monk clone destroyed a bridge and killed Kirigakure ninja.
• The Mist legion slowed its advance after Terumi revealed the Sea Monk’s true power, allowing the final treasure carts to be loaded onto ships at Whale Fishing Port.

Elder Genshi watched the Land of Waves fleet escape with the Land of Water’s treasure, then faced a submarine blockade that Kirigakure could not break. Ao proposed provoking Kumogakure into attacking the Land of Waves, and Genji promoted him to jonin and placed him in charge of Operation Icebreaker.

• Genji ordered an assault on Whale Fishing Port, but the Mist forces failed to breach its defenses before the Land of Waves loaded its treasure and withdrew under cannon fire.
• Kakuzu taunted the Kirigakure forces as he boarded the Ironclad Flagship, while Samehada killed several Mist ninja who pursued the departing ships.
• The Wolf Fang Submarine Force sank ships leaving the Land of Water, and the Sea Monk and Samehada helped repel Kirigakure’s attempts to hunt the submarines.
• After ordering the costly anti-submarine efforts stopped, Genji convened a meeting and admitted Kirigakure could not break the blockade alone.
• Ao urged Kirigakure to spread a claim that Konoha and the Land of Waves had formed an alliance to make Kumogakure attack the Land of Waves.
• Genji promoted Ao to jonin and assigned him Operation Icebreaker, and Ao warned that shortages could destabilize the Land of Water within months.

Genji and Ao planted false intelligence that led the Third Raikage to send the Hidden Cloud fleet after Umino Sasuke’s Iron Wall Legion at sea. Meanwhile, the Iron Wall Little Three Ninja defeated two pirate ships, and Umino Sasuke arrived to find them salvaging the spoils.

• Genji approved Ao’s plan to release a Hidden Cloud spy with misleading intelligence about Konoha and the Land of Waves.
• The Third Raikage believed the report that the Iron Wall Legion had helped crush Kirigakure and ordered the Hidden Cloud fleet to intercept it at sea.
• Umino Sasuke sent Tejiku Kin, Umino Tobirama, and Inuzuka Gaku with their Genin squads to capture two pirate ships spotted from the transport fleet.
• The three youngsters used coordinated attacks to quickly defeat the pirates and seize both ships.
• Umino Sasuke landed to inspect the cleanup and found the youngsters urging their subordinates to collect valuables and salvageable gear.

Umino Sasuke’s fleet confronted the Land of Lightning’s enormous fleet, which the Third Raikage had led to destroy Konoha’s Iron Wall Legion. Sasuke revealed Sea Monk’s Perfect Form to smash the Cloud assault fleet, but the Cloud’s Lightning Release Squad began shrinking the summon with concentrated attacks.

• Umino Tobirama kept Tejiku Kin’s recovered blades as punishment for wasting them during the pirate operation, while Umino Sasuke ordered the captured pirate ships repaired for use as transports.
• A lookout spotted the Land of Lightning’s fleet approaching, and Umino Sasuke recognized that his route had lured the Third Raikage’s main force into a sea battle.
• Third Raikage A declared the alliance treaty meaningless and ordered his fleet to attack, while Konoha’s ninja blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for sacrificing the Land of Whirlpools to secure peace.
• Umino Sasuke rallied the Iron Wall Legion, and Umino Ikaku, his wife, and Umino Tobirama summoned Sea Monk in its Perfect Form.
• Sea Monk crashed into the Cloud fleet, overturning escort ships and throwing Cloud Ninja into the sea, but the Lightning Release Squad struck back and visibly shrank the summon.

Umino Sasuke’s forces routed the Hidden Cloud Fleet with Samehada, the Sea Monk, Big White, and coordinated ninjutsu, forcing the Third Raikage to cover the retreat. Sasuke then confronted the Third Raikage directly, revealed his greatly increased strength and Thunder God Armor, and left the two ready to continue fighting.

• Umino Sasuke summoned Samehada onto the Sea Monk, which absorbed the Cloud Ninja’s Lightning Release attacks and transferred the chakra to restore and enlarge the Sea Monk.
• Umino Sasuke summoned Big White, and the Third Raikage ordered the Hidden Cloud Fleet to retreat as the Iron Wall Legion launched its attack.
• Big White, the Sea Monk, and the Iron Wall Legion’s ninjutsu brigades devastated the Cloud Hidden Fleet while the Third Raikage stayed behind to cover its escape.
• The Third Raikage charged the Water Release Squad’s warship, but Umino Sasuke intercepted him and struck him back with Chakra-Enhanced Strength.
• Umino Sasuke activated Thunder God Armor, and the Third Raikage accused him of stealing Hidden Cloud Village’s secret technique before Sasuke denied it.

Umino Sasuke defeated the Third Raikage by melting his finger with the Plasma Thunder God Armor and piercing his defense with Purple Lightning Chidori. As Sasuke pressed the attack against the wounded Raikage and Little Ay, Kumogakure’s fleeing forces turned back to defend them, and Sasuke faced their charge.

• Umino Sasuke revealed a superheated plasma layer around his Lightning Armor and matched the Third Raikage’s speed.
• The Third Raikage launched a One-Finger Thrust while Sasuke countered with Purple Lightning Chidori; Sasuke’s armor annihilated the Raikage’s finger, and his strike pierced the Raikage’s chest.
• The Third Raikage acknowledged Sasuke’s superior defense, while Little Ay rushed to support his wounded father and the Iron Wall Legion celebrated its victory.
• Sasuke ordered his army to wipe out Kumogakure’s remaining forces and charged toward the Raikage and Little Ay.
• Little Ay took a Burst Elixir and fought Sasuke to protect his father, but Sasuke quickly overwhelmed him and prepared to strike his heart.
• Kumogakure’s fleeing ninjas turned back and charged Sasuke to defend their Raikage and Little Ay, while the Third Raikage struggled to rescue his son.

Umino Sasuke and the Iron Wall Legion destroyed Hidden Cloud Village’s main fleet, captured Little Ay, and forced the surviving Cloud Ninja to surrender or die, while the Third Raikage escaped using the Heavenly Transfer Technique. Afterward, Sasuke allowed Kirigakure scouts to report the defeat and received Kakuzu, who offered to buy the spoils of war for the Land of Waves.

• Umino Sasuke devastated the Hidden Cloud forces with the Thunder God Sword and Purple Lightning Chidori, prompting the Third Raikage’s strategist to arrange the Raikage’s retreat.
• Little Ay knocked out the Third Raikage and placed him in the Heavenly Transfer Formation, but Umino Sasuke’s Spiraling Shuriken destroyed the ship’s bow and killed the strategist and transfer squad as the Third Raikage vanished.
• Might Duy defeated and captured Little Ay, while Umino Sasuke and the Iron Wall Legion sealed the fleet’s escape routes and destroyed or captured the remaining Cloud Ninja.
• Hyuga Asuka reported Kirigakure scouts hiding offshore, and Umino Sasuke let them escape so they could carry news of the fleet’s destruction back to Kirigakure.
• Umino Sasuke praised Hyuga Asuka and salvaged the damaged ironclad ship with Magnet Release before Kakuzu arrived with a Land of Waves fleet and offered to buy the captured ships and other spoils.

Umino Sasuke consulted the Iron Wall Legion’s leaders about selling captured warships to the Land of Waves, while Nara Shikaku warned that strengthening its navy could threaten Konoha in the future. The majority favored selling the ships to speed their march, and Umino Sasuke and Kakuzu reached a deal that also included the transport ships.

• Kakuzu offered to buy the captured warships, and Umino Sasuke agreed to put the intact Ironclad Ship’s sale to a vote.
• Tejudo and other leaders supported selling the ships to avoid delaying the Legion’s return and onward march, while Nara Shikaku warned the sale could accelerate the Land of Waves’ rise as a naval power.
• Umino Sasuke accepted the majority’s decision, citing the Legion’s need to travel quickly and its close relationship with the Land of Waves.
• Kakuzu resisted Umino Sasuke’s request for a premium and proposed buying the transport ships as part of the package; Nara Shikaku approved the addition.
• Umino Sasuke and Kakuzu bargained over the price with Nara Shikaku’s help, then signed a transfer contract that satisfied the Legion’s leaders.