Chapter Summaries

Karatachi Yagura faced a growing group of Mist Ninja in the Mizukage Succession Battle and unleashed a massive Water Release technique to keep them from surrounding him. The towering tsunami stunned the attackers and spectators, revealing the Three-Tails Jinchuriki’s power.

• Ten Mist Ninja attacked Karatachi Yagura, but he endured their strikes without injury and confidently challenged them.
• Nearly twenty Hozuki Clan ninja joined the attackers, and their leader rallied them to charge Yagura.
• Yagura decided to prevent the growing crowd from closing in and slammed his Coral Staff into the ground.
• Yagura’s strike shattered the ground and created a nearly twenty-meter-high tsunami that left the Mist Ninja stunned.
• Spectators asked who had unleashed the enormous waves, and a Mist Ninja identified him as Karatachi Yagura, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki recommended by the Third Mizukage.

The enormous Water Release wave led everyone to believe Karatachi Yagura had displayed his power, raising expectations that he could become Mizukage. As the battle continued, Mangetsu and Fuguki each reconsidered the threat posed by Yagura and one another.

• The spectators and Third Hokage saw the enormous wave, while the barrier team reinforced their defenses against its impact.
• Mei Terumi and Qi Shuang saw the wave and believed Karatachi Yagura had created it, then Mei stormed off after Qi Shuang joked about the Terumi Clan.
• Hozuki Mangetsu released more than a dozen candidates after they surrendered, then decided he needed Samehada to face Yagura and went to find Suikazan Fuguki.
• Suikazan Fuguki drained a competitor's chakra with Samehada and judged Yagura and Mangetsu to be his main concerns in the succession battle.

Yagura unleashed a massive tsunami that flattened the battlefield and swept away many Kirigakure shinobi, though the village’s barrier held. After the Hozuki Clan shinobi survived by using Water Transformation Jutsu, Yagura prepared to attack them again.

• Yagura’s Great Tsunami pulverized the battlefield and swallowed the Kirigakure shinobi who had tried to surround him.
• Yagura sent three more waves after the fleeing shinobi, and the successive tsunamis crashed into the barrier maintained by nearly a hundred Kirigakure shinobi.
• The barrier held as the waves receded, leaving debris and injured shinobi along its edge and flattening an area hundreds of meters wide.
• Yagura wondered why he could not break the barrier, and Isobu explained that it was reinforced by many shinobi and that only a Tailed Beast Ball could break it.
• Hozuki Clan shinobi emerged from the puddles after using Water Transformation Jutsu to survive the tsunami, and Yagura raised his Coral Staff and charged his chakra to attack them.

Yagura entered the second stage of Tailed Beast Transformation during the Mizukage succession battle, while the Third Generation assured the clans that he could control it. As Yagura struggled to overcome the Hozuki Clan’s Water Transformation, Isobu suggested he try Ice Release.

• Yagura’s Tailed Beast Chakra formed a blackish-red shell, turning him into a small Three-Tails-like form and alarming the watching clans.
• The Hoshigaki and Terumi clan heads urged the Third Generation to stop the battle, but he claimed Yagura could control the transformation and concealed that Yagura was a perfect Jinchuriki.
• Yagura charged the Hozuki ninjas, striking one with his claw and tail, but the man used Water Transformation to survive and escaped Yagura’s Coral Palm by liquefying his body.
• Yagura’s tails sliced through the charging Hozuki ninjas, but their bodies reconnected, and he realized their Water Transformation made them immune to physical damage.
• Isobu explained that Lightning Release could counter the Hozuki technique and suggested wearing them down, but Yagura rejected that plan; Isobu then proposed trying Ice Release.

Yagura followed the Three-Tails’ advice and used Ice Release to trap the Hozuki Clan’s liquefied warriors in a frozen waterfall. After seeing his strength, the Terumi Clan ninja chose not to stop him and planned to maintain their clan’s political support for the Hozuki Clan.

• Yagura asked the Three-Tails how to counter the Hozuki Clan’s Water Transformation Jutsu, and the Three-Tails told him to freeze them while they were inside his Water Release.
• Yagura created a Great Waterfall Technique, and the Hozuki Clan ninja willingly liquefied themselves into the torrent.
• Yagura infused the waterfall with Ice Release and froze the twenty Hozuki Clan elites, leaving them trapped and unable to return to normal.
• The Hozuki Clan Head realized the frozen warriors were effectively dead and grieved the loss of twenty elite fighters.
• Yagura picked up his Coral Staff and left the battlefield, while the Terumi Clan ninja decided against pursuing him.
• The Terumi Clan leader said their clan would still support the Hozuki Clan’s bid for Mizukage, despite withdrawing from the fight.

Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi followed a trail of chakra-drained corpses to Suikazan Fuguki, who was fighting the Kaguya Clan during the Mizukage Succession Battle. Fuguki used a Water Release technique to knock his attackers back and reminded them of their deal to help him eliminate rival candidates in exchange for returning to Kirigakure.

• Terumi Clan shinobi abandoned their attempt to target Yagura and left to find another opponent.
• Mei Terumi examined a withered corpse, and Qi Shuang concluded that its chakra had been drained; they suspected Suikazan Fuguki and followed a trail of corpses.
• Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi found Fuguki surrounded by Kaguya Clan members, whose bone spikes prevented Samehada from absorbing their chakra effectively.
• Fuguki unleashed the Great Waterfall Technique, sweeping the Kaguya Clan members away from him.
• Fuguki cursed the Kaguya Clan and reminded them that they had agreed to help him eliminate his competitors in return for being allowed back into Kirigakure.

Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi watched as the battle-hungry Kaguya Clan attacked Suikazan Fuguki, then joined a smaller fight to avoid becoming targets themselves. As more Kirigakure shinobi gathered, Fuguki grew anxious and decided to fight the Kaguya Clan ruthlessly.

• The Kaguya Clan revealed that they had sought out Fuguki to challenge his strength, and they surrounded him despite his objections.
• Mei Terumi wanted to help Fuguki, but Qi Shuang warned that the Kaguya Clan might attack them too; when he asked to join, a Kaguya shinobi cursed him for causing a distraction.
• Qi Shuang told Mei Terumi to wait until the Kaguya Clan started losing ground, though he expected them to refuse any help.
• More Kirigakure shinobi arrived, and separate battles broke out; Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi joined a group fight against a competitor.
• Fuguki struggled to overcome the Kaguya Clan's Shikotsumyaku, then began swinging Samehada wildly as the gathering shinobi made him fear the situation was turning against him.

Suikazan Fuguki fought off the Kaguya Clan by binding its ninja with his hair and using Samehada to drain and replenish his chakra. After unleashing a water dragon and repeating the tactic, he left only a few Kaguya Clan members standing.

• Fuguki blocked a barrage of bone spikes with Samehada as Kaguya Clan members closed in on him.
• Fuguki used his Hard Hair Binding Technique to immobilize several attackers and ordered Samehada to drain their chakra.
• Fuguki pulled the captives in front of himself to shield against another barrage of bone spikes, leaving them barely alive.
• Fuguki released a Water Dragon Bullet Technique that swept through the charging Kaguya Clan ninja.
• Fuguki bound more Kaguya Clan members with his hair and used Samehada to absorb their chakra, repeatedly reducing the clan’s numbers until only a few remained.

After the Kaguya Clan fell, Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi withdrew to join the attack on Suikazan Fuguki, whose hair-needle technique killed several Kirigakure shinobi. Fuguki taunted the survivors, who launched a coordinated ninjutsu assault, and he revealed Samehada’s true form to block it.

• Qi Shuang pulled Mei Terumi away from the fight and headed toward Suikazan Fuguki after the Kaguya Clan was defeated.
• Kirigakure shinobi abandoned their opponents and charged Fuguki, who used Thousand Needle Senbon to kill several attackers and force the rest into cover.
• Qi Shuang protected himself and Mei Terumi behind an ice wall, while Mei vowed to attack Fuguki with Lava Release.
• Fuguki mocked the gathered shinobi and boasted that he would become Mizukage, prompting them to coordinate an assault.
• Qi Shuang, Mei Terumi, and the other shinobi unleashed a storm of ninjutsu, and Fuguki revealed Samehada’s true form and raised it to block their attacks.

Fuguki shrugged off the Mist shinobi’s combined attacks by absorbing their chakra with Samehada, then unleashed four powerful water dragons. Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi joined forces to defend against them, but their barriers began to crack as the final dragon approached.

• Fuguki blocked the Mist shinobi’s ninjutsu with Samehada, which absorbed the chakra from their attacks.
• Mei Terumi and Qi Shuang recognized that Samehada’s absorption ability had made their assault ineffective.
• Fuguki used the chakra he had absorbed to unleash four spiraling water dragons that swept away the Mist shinobi and their defenses.
• Qi Shuang enclosed himself and Mei Terumi in an Ice Release: Frost Wall, but the first two water dragons cracked it.
• Mei Terumi reinforced the barrier with Lava Release: Hardening Technique as Qi Shuang formed more hand seals, but the third dragon shattered the ice and cracks spread across her defense.

Fuguki overwhelmed Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi with his water dragons, then fought Kirigakure shinobi who tried to counter Samehada by relying on Taijutsu. He revealed Samehada’s barbs could shred their hands and bodies, and the chapter ended as the weapon extended and shot from his grip, giving the remaining shinobi a chance to attack.

• Fuguki’s fourth water dragon shattered Qi Shuang’s Water Prison Technique and sent Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi crashing into the ruins.
• Kirigakure shinobi emerged from underground and attacked Fuguki, reasoning that Taijutsu would limit Samehada’s chakra absorption.
• Fuguki blocked their attacks and used Samehada’s barbs to strip flesh from the hands of one shinobi who tried to defend himself with Kunai.
• Fuguki’s Taijutsu forced another shinobi down, and he pressed Samehada against the wounded man to replenish his chakra.
• Fuguki slashed at a nearby opponent, and Samehada’s hilt extended until the blade shot away from his hand.
• The remaining Kirigakure shinobi charged Fuguki when they saw Samehada leave his grip.

Fuguki killed the Kirigakure shinobi who had attacked him while Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi watched from a distance, injured and unable to intervene. Hozuki Mangetsu then arrived and attacked Fuguki with a water-based technique.

• Fuguki used Thousand Needle Senbon to fatally wound several Kirigakure shinobi and used Samehada to drag another attacker close before twisting his neck.
• Qi Shuang supported the injured Mei Terumi and reminded her that they needed time to grow stronger before challenging shinobi like Fuguki.
• Hozuki Mangetsu arrived at the battlefield, and Mei Terumi recognized him as the Hozuki Clan head's son.
• Qi Shuang and Mei Terumi discussed Mangetsu's chances against Fuguki and the protection offered by the Hozuki Clan's Water Transformation Jutsu.
• Mangetsu approached Fuguki and fired two water bullets at him with Suiton: Suishouha.

Hozuki Mangetsu challenged Suikazan Fuguki and summoned Kabutowari, drawing attention to his skill with the ninja swords. As they prepared to fight, Mei Terumi explained to Qi Shuang how the Hozuki Clan came to guard the swords and retain their summoning contracts.

• Mangetsu approached Fuguki with a water-style attack, then summoned Kabutowari and taunted him.
• Fuguki recognized Kabutowari and wondered whether Mangetsu could wield multiple ninja swords.
• Other competitors gathered at the battlefield's edge but stayed out of the duel under the succession battle rules.
• Qi Shuang was surprised by Mangetsu's swordsmanship, while Mei Terumi explained the Hozuki Clan's role as guardian of the seven swords.
• Mei told Qi Shuang that the Hozuki Clan had fought the village to keep the summoning contracts, then agreed to relinquish control of the swords without surrendering the contracts.

Hozuki Mangetsu fought Suikazan Fuguki for the right to wield Kabutowari, matching the veteran’s swordsmanship while steering the battle toward close combat. As the duel continued, Mei Terumi and Qi Shuang concluded that Mangetsu had developed his Kabutowari swordsmanship only after obtaining the blade.

• The Hozuki Clan leader watched tensely as Mangetsu faced Fuguki, hoping a victory would help the clan regain influence and put Mangetsu on a path toward becoming Mizukage.
• Mangetsu struck Fuguki with Kabutowari, driving him into the ground, but Fuguki countered and sent Mangetsu skidding backward.
• Fuguki charged again, and Mangetsu blocked Samehada before enlarging his right hand with Water Transformation Jutsu and narrowly missing Fuguki with a powerful axe strike.
• Mangetsu and Fuguki continued a fierce close-range sword fight, astonishing spectators with Mangetsu’s ability to match the veteran.
• Mei Terumi asked how Mangetsu had become so skilled, and Qi Shuang reasoned that he had developed his Kabutowari swordsmanship after obtaining the weapon.

Hozuki Mangetsu fought Suikazan Fuguki in the Mizukage contest, showing mastery of Kabutowari and Nuibari and setting a steel-wire trap. Fuguki avoided the trap but left Samehada caught in its tightening wires, while Mangetsu taunted him from below.

• Mei Terumi and Qi Shuang marveled at Hozuki Mangetsu's swordsmanship and called him a rare prodigy.
• Suikazan Fuguki broke through Mangetsu's Kabutowari defense with Samehada, but Mangetsu liquefied and slipped underground.
• Mangetsu emerged with Nuibari, revealing that he could wield more than one of the Seven Ninja Swords.
• Fuguki charged to exploit Nuibari's weakness at close range, and Mangetsu activated the steel-wire net he had laid underground.
• Fuguki leaped clear of the tightening net, but Samehada remained trapped in the wires as Mangetsu taunted him.

Hozuki Mangetsu fought Suikazan Fuguki, who flooded the battlefield to counter Mangetsu’s Earth Spider Stitching, and the two resumed their sword clash. Elsewhere, Yagura encountered a Kaguya Clan squad and was struck by their bone bullets as they charged him.

• Fuguki flooded the battlefield with Water Release, submerging Mangetsu’s steel-wire net and removing the terrain Nuibari relied on.
• Mangetsu sealed Nuibari and Kabutowari, then faced Fuguki again with Kabutowari as Fuguki claimed Samehada would drain him after three more strikes.
• Yagura met ten Kaguya Clan shinobi, whose leader identified him from a photograph and ordered the squad to attack.
• Yagura transformed into a small Three-Tails form, but the Kaguya Clan members hit him with Ten Finger Nukes and blasted him into a building.
• The Kaguya Clan squad charged into the building to kill Yagura.

Yagura fought the Kaguya clan members during the Mizukage Succession Battle, using the Three-Tails' chakra to withstand their attacks and immobilize them with Coral Palm. He prepared a weakened Tailed Beast Ball against the trapped shinobi as the Third Mizukage reassured observers that Yagura was not berserk.

• Yagura used the Three-Tails' chakra to knock ten Kaguya clan members into buildings, but their bone spikes shielded them from serious injury.
• The Kaguya clan members surrounded Yagura and attacked with bone spikes, but his Chakra Cloak kept them from piercing him.
• Yagura swept his claws around and used Coral Palm to cover the Kaguya shinobi's lower bodies with coral-like material, trapping them in place.
• Yagura began forming a weakened Tailed Beast Ball while Isobu warned him to control its chakra.
• Observers urged the Third Mizukage to stop the battle, but he said Yagura had learned the Tailed Beast Ball long ago and was not under the Three-Tails' control.

Karatachi Yagura unleashed a Tailed Beast Ball Beam that destroyed the Kaguya Clan fighters and killed nearly half the Mist ninja participating in the Mizukage Succession Battle. After learning the scale of the deaths, Yagura was horrified by his own power.

• The trapped Kaguya Clan members used Shikotsumyaku to form skeletal protection, believing it might save them from Yagura's attack.
• Yagura stopped gathering chakra, swallowed the chakra sphere, and fired a crimson Tailed Beast Ball Beam across the battlefield.
• The beam cut down the Kaguya Clan members and flattened the surrounding area, while the defensive barrier flickered under its impact.
• Yagura inspected the severed Kaguya fighters and complained that their bones were not as hard as he had expected.
• The Three-Tails explained that no one within several hundred meters of the barrier had survived and that Yagura had eliminated nearly half the Mist ninja in the battle.
• Yagura realized he had killed many people at once and trembled as he understood how terrifying a Jinchuriki could be.

After Yagura’s devastating Tailed Beast Ball terrified the remaining competitors, he headed west to end the Mizukage succession battle. As Mei Terumi and Qi Shuang withdrew, Suikazan Fuguki and Hozuki Mangetsu continued fighting, and Mangetsu hinted that Fuguki would not get another strike.

• The Three-Tails calmed Yagura’s guilt and directed him toward the western battlefield, where many competitors remained.
• The survivors identified Karatachi Yagura as the source of the enormous blast, panicked, and began withdrawing from the succession battle.
• Qi Shuang pulled Mei Terumi toward the battlefield’s edge despite her reluctance to leave Fuguki and Mangetsu’s fight.
• Suikazan Fuguki cut Hozuki Mangetsu again with Samehada and claimed he needed only one more strike to drain Mangetsu’s chakra.
• Hozuki Mangetsu mocked Fuguki and declared that Fuguki would not get the chance to land a third strike.

Hozuki Mangetsu revealed that he had buried a million Explosive Tags around the battlefield and detonated them to defeat Suikazan Fuguki. The blast devastated the area, while the onlookers took cover and wondered whether the two fighters had survived.

• Hozuki Mangetsu summoned Shibuki and revealed that his clone had buried a million Explosive Tags around the battlefield.
• Suikazan Fuguki abandoned his escape attempt and used Water Release: Water Formation Wall to shield himself as Hozuki Mangetsu detonated the tags.
• The explosion tore through the battlefield, destroying nearby buildings and sending a shockwave toward the watching Mist shinobi.
• Qi Shuang raised an Ice Wall to protect himself and Mei Terumi, and Mei Terumi asked what had caused the explosion.
• Yagura spotted the blaze from the west and marveled at the fighters' capabilities.