Chapter Summaries

Hiko infiltrated Sunagakure's camp with Jiraiya and used the Summoning Jutsu to bring the Seven-Tails there from Takigakure. The Seven-Tails appeared in the camp and roared at Hiko as he confronted it.

• Hiko controlled Yitansong to attack Sunagakure's inspectors, creating a distraction that let him sneak into the camp with Jiraiya.
• Hiko ordered Jiraiya to hide and summon Gamabunta to cause trouble, then vanished into the camp.
• Hiko performed the Summoning Jutsu in a dark corner of Sunagakure's camp.
• The Seven-Tails' seal broke in Takigakure, and its guards raised the alarm when the beast disappeared.
• The Seven-Tails appeared in Sunagakure's camp and roared at Hiko, who challenged it.

Hiko controlled Takigakure’s Seven-Tails Chōmei and unleashed it on Sunagakure’s camp, where it devastated the camp and prepared a Tailed Beast Ball. The Third Kazekage rushed to stop it and attacked with Iron Sand while Hiko continued controlling Chōmei from the shadows.

• Hiko took control of the Seven-Tails Chōmei and sent it rampaging through Sunagakure’s camp.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, and Uchiha Hayashi were stunned when Chōmei appeared, while Hiko considered the disruption a one-time opportunity.
• Chōmei slaughtered Sunagakure ninja and began gathering a Tailed Beast Ball above the camp.
• The Third Kazekage rushed out and tried to stop Chōmei before it could destroy the camp with the Tailed Beast Ball.
• The Third Kazekage formed a massive Iron Sand construct and slammed it into Chōmei as Hiko kept controlling the beast.

Hiko controlled the Seven-Tails to devastate Sunagakure’s camp while Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta to add to the chaos. As the Third Kazekage struggled to stop the destruction, Hiko began considering the Nine-Tails’ potential and his promise concerning Kushina.

• Hiko sent the Seven-Tails crashing into the most crowded parts of Sunagakure’s camp, killing ninjas and destroying tents as the Third Kazekage attacked it with Iron Sand.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta into the enemy camp, and Bunta angrily leapt into the air to cause further destruction.
• Hiko kept controlling the Seven-Tails as it rampaged through the camp, while its consciousness watched helplessly.
• Hiko imagined the greater destruction the Nine-Tails could cause and reconsidered his interest in helping Kushina avoid becoming its Jinchuriki.

Hiko unleashed the Seven-Tails on Sunagakure’s camp, then escaped while the beast rampaged and Jiraiya withdrew with Gamabunta. The Seven-Tails regained control and fled, leaving the Third Kazekage to abandon pursuit and tend to the ruined camp.

• The Seven-Tails tore through Sunagakure’s camp despite the Third Kazekage’s attacks, while Hiko kept it focused on destruction.
• Jiraiya sent the badly wounded Gamabunta back to Mount Myōboku and slipped away from the camp.
• Hiko left the camp using his black-hole power, deciding the Seven-Tails’ fate was no longer his concern.
• The Seven-Tails regained its senses, flew away from the Third Kazekage and Ōnoki, and sought somewhere to recover.
• The Third Kazekage gave up the chase and ordered his shinobi to treat the wounded and salvage supplies.

Hiko and the Seven-Tails devastated Sunagakure’s camp, while Ōnoki chose not to pursue the beast and sent medicine to help the wounded. After returning toward their own camp, Hiko explained the Tailed Beasts’ power and relative strength to his companions.

• Hiko’s attack with the Seven-Tails left Sunagakure’s camp in ruins, with wounded shinobi, casualties, and destroyed supplies.
• Ōnoki noticed the Third Kazekage watching him, abandoned his chance to pursue the Seven-Tails, and arranged for medicine to be sent to Sunagakure.
• Hiko returned to his excited companions and led them away from the Sunagakure and Iwagakure positions.
• Hiko told Tsunade, Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Uchiha Hayashi that the Tailed Beasts could cause far greater destruction when truly berserk.
• Hiko explained that the Nine-Tails was the strongest Tailed Beast, the Eight-Tails was next, and Shukaku was the weakest.

Tsunade reflected on her decision to side with Hiko as he led his group away from Sunagakure after Chōmei’s rampage. The Third Kazekage learned that the destruction and casualties had left Sunagakure in serious trouble, with nearly three hundred ninja lost.

• Tsunade recalled how she had resisted her clan’s objections to choosing Hiko and felt increasingly certain she had made the right choice.
• Hiko told Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo that no village could currently control a Tailed Beast, then led his group away past enemy strongholds.
• Ōnoki learned that Hiko had unleashed the sealed Seven-Tails, Chōmei, on Sunagakure’s camp and recognized the damage would weaken the village.
• Grandma Chiyo reported that Jiraiya’s Great Toad had destroyed food and medicine, while rainwater had ruined additional supplies.
• The Third Kazekage demanded the casualty report, and Grandma Chiyo told him Sunagakure had lost nearly three hundred ninja.

After the Seven-Tails and Gamabunta devastated Sunagakure’s camp, the Third Kazekage weighed how to respond to the heavy casualties and the threat to the alliance with Iwagakure. Grandma Chiyo urged him to send a small force to fight under Ōnoki’s command, and he was left considering the options.

• Grandma Chiyo reported that the attack had killed three hundred ninja, seriously wounded five hundred, and lightly wounded seven hundred.
• The Third Kazekage lost his temper over the casualties, then considered whether Sunagakure should recuperate or bring in reinforcements.
• Grandma Chiyo warned that waiting or mobilizing a new army could take too long and damage the alliance, and proposed sending some ninja to fight under Iwagakure’s command.
• The Third Kazekage told Grandma Chiyo he would think about her proposal and surveyed the camp’s efforts to shelter and care for the wounded.

After Sunagakure’s losses forced the Third Kazekage to consider sending only a small force under Konoha’s command, Iwagakure and Sunagakure launched another attack. Hiko decided to enter the battlefield personally and left Hatake Sakumo and the Third Elder in charge of the camp.

• The Third Kazekage weighed the dangers of sending wounded ninja home and considered Grandma Chiyo’s proposal to send a small force under Konoha’s command.
• Ōnoki struggled to adjust his plans as Sunagakure’s weakened state disrupted the war effort.
• Hiko welcomed his returning team, let the Konoha camp celebrate, and then received news that Iwagakure and Sunagakure had attacked again.
• Hiko ordered Konoha’s forces to meet the attackers and announced that he would join the battle personally.
• Hiko told Hatake Sakumo and the Third Elder to manage the camp and report any developments while Konoha fought without reinforcements.

Hiko left Hatake Sakumo to defend Konoha’s camp and led Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and part of the force to face Iwagakure and Sunagakure. After hearing that Sunagakure’s small contingent fought passively, Hiko suspected the Third Kazekage had a scheme and sent the exhausted Anbu back to rest.

• Hiko ordered Hatake Sakumo and the Third Elder to defend the camp and took Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to the battlefield.
• Hatake Sakumo warned that Amegakure might attack, but Hiko said Konoha lacked people to guard against it and threatened to make Amegakure regret declaring war.
• Hiko left Hatake Sakumo in command of the camp and led part of Konoha’s force into the fighting in the Land of Rain.
• Sarutobi Nikyo reported that Iwagakure’s attack was fierce while Sunagakure had fewer than five hundred fighters who seemed passive and unprepared for battle.
• Hiko inferred that the Third Kazekage was pursuing a scheme and ordered the battered Anbu to return to rest.

Hiko explained that Konoha should target Sunagakure’s small contingent to drive it from the war, then led an Anbu force into battle. After defeating Sunagakure ninja, his team gathered supplies and moved on.

• Hiko ordered Konoha’s forces to focus on killing Sunagakure ninja while avoiding Iwagakure’s troops.
• Hiko explained that Sunagakure had sent only a small force and that breaking its cohesion could force both villages to retreat from the Land of Rain.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru split off to fight in other directions while Hiko led a smaller force, mostly Anbu.
• Hiko’s Anbu attacked Sunagakure ninja and cut through the enemy under his command.
• Hiko ordered his team to collect usable ninja tools and relocate, while an Anbu offered him food found in the Land of Rain.

Hiko’s attacks weakened Sunagakure’s forces and increased tensions in Iwagakure’s camp, while his presence on the battlefield caused heavy losses. Ōnoki refused to dismiss Sunagakure’s allies and ordered his troops to retreat if they encountered Hiko.

• Hiko’s repeated attacks left Sunagakure’s ninja demoralized, and fewer of them fought alongside Iwagakure.
• Ōnoki rejected his secretary’s suggestion to send Sunagakure’s ninja away because doing so could damage relations with the Third Kazekage.
• Ōnoki’s secretary reported that ninja who encountered Hiko on the battlefield did not return.
• Ōnoki ordered his troops to flee immediately if they encountered Hiko.

Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure shinobi to flee if they encountered Hiko, but a group from his village surrounded Hiko before the order reached them. Hiko revealed himself and used Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence to kill the encircling force.

• Ōnoki reluctantly ordered Iwagakure shinobi to retreat whenever they encountered Hiko.
• A group of Iwagakure shinobi tracked smoke from Hiko’s cooking fire and surrounded his party.
• Hiko revealed himself to the stunned shinobi, whose leader immediately ordered a retreat.
• Hiko used Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence to trap and kill the Iwagakure shinobi with giant trees and vines.

Hiko used Wood Style to wipe out dozens of Iwagakure ninja, then continued leading Konoha forces through the Land of Rain as Iwagakure changed tactics and Sunagakure suffered heavy losses. The Third Kazekage ordered his surviving ninja back to camp, where Grandma Chiyo reported that fewer than fifty of the five hundred sent out had returned.

• Hiko used Birth of Tree World to kill dozens of Iwagakure ninja and sent Konoha Anbu to collect their supplies.
• Hiko led his forces onward as his attacks drove enemies from the central battlefield and shifted the fighting in Konoha's favor.
• The Third Raikage kept Kumogakure out of the Land of Rain war while Ōnoki broke Iwagakure's forces into smaller groups to reduce their losses to Hiko.
• Hiko returned to camp to rest after Iwagakure's new tactics reduced his impact on the battlefield.
• The Third Kazekage ordered Sunagakure's ninja to return, and Grandma Chiyo reported that fewer than fifty of the five hundred sent to aid Iwagakure had come back.

The Third Kazekage learned that Sunagakure’s troops were resented in Iwagakure and that many had deserted, worsening the village’s losses. He ordered Sunagakure’s camp to rest and reorganize, leaving its alliance with Iwagakure in doubt.

• Grandma Chiyo told the Third Kazekage that Iwagakure’s people did not want to fight alongside Sunagakure and that many Sunagakure ninja had deserted after Konoha monitored them.
• The Third Kazekage erupted in anger over the defections and the damage they had done to Sunagakure’s fighting strength.
• The Third Kazekage ordered the camp to rest and reorganize, forbade battle without sufficient strength, and told Grandma Chiyo to ignore Iwagakure for now.
• Grandma Chiyo left to carry out the orders and worried that Konoha’s antidotes had weakened Sunagakure’s Puppet Unit by neutralizing its poisons.

Sunagakure focused on recovering and developing a mass-producible poison while Ōnoki prepared for Iwagakure to face Konoha alone. Meanwhile, Takigakure confronted the Third Hokage over the missing Seven-Tails, and he denied Konoha’s involvement before sending the envoy to question Hiko at the front.

• Sunagakure recognized that depleting Konoha’s medicinal herbs was unrealistic and decided Grandma Chiyo needed to develop a mass-producible poison for the Puppet Unit.
• Ōnoki accepted that Sunagakure could not fight and prepared to have Iwagakure attack Konoha alone.
• The Third Hokage worried about Konoha’s losses and received a Takigakure envoy demanding an explanation for the missing Seven-Tails.
• The Third Hokage denied that Konoha had taken or used the Seven-Tails and suggested Takigakure’s seal might have failed.
• The Third Hokage directed the envoy to question Hiko at the frontline, and the envoy welcomed the chance to confront him.

Uchiha Hiko received Takigakure’s envoy, who had come to ask about the Seven-Tails, but denied involvement and told the delegation to leave. The chapter ended with the envoy demanding an explanation after Hiko shouted at him and pointed to the door.

• The Third Hokage sent Takigakure’s envoy to the frontline to ask Hiko about the Seven-Tails.
• Uchiha Hayashi told Hiko that the envoy had arrived, and Hiko realized the Third Hokage had sent them to him.
• Hiko welcomed the envoy and his two assistants into the Command Center.
• The envoy asked Hiko about the Seven-Tails, and Hiko praised its strength while denying any connection to its appearance.
• The envoy insisted that Takigakure needed to reclaim the Seven-Tails, and Hiko told the delegation to get lost.
• The envoy demanded to know what Hiko meant as Hiko slammed the table and pointed toward the door.

Hiko drove away Takigakure’s envoy after rejecting his demand for Seven-Tails Chōmei, then told him where the injured beast might have gone. Afterward, Hiko dismissed Takigakure as a threat and turned his attention back to the war against Ōnoki.

• Hiko mocked the Takigakure envoy for questioning him and ordered Uchiha Hayashi to throw the visitors out.
• Hiko threatened to cut off the envoy’s finger, forcing him to withdraw his accusation and apologize.
• Hiko said the Third Kazekage had injured Seven-Tails Chōmei and that it might be recovering on an island, warning Takigakure to search before other villages did.
• Hiko had Uchiha Hayashi escort the Takigakure delegation out and assured him that Takigakure would not dare start a war with Konoha.
• Hiko asked for a map so he could focus on Ōnoki, while admitting that his inexperience as a war commander had cost him in the fighting.

Hiko reviewed the rising casualties and supply shortages as Konoha’s war against Iwagakure dragged on. He recognized that Ōnoki’s tactics were preventing a decisive victory and began weighing how to avoid further losses.

• The Third Elder reported that Konoha’s casualties were steadily increasing and urged Hiko to request reinforcements.
• Hiko asked about Iwagakure’s losses, and the Third Elder explained that Konoha held an advantage because its elite forces, especially the Sannin, were stronger.
• The Third Elder warned that continued attrition could make victory meaningless, and Hiko studied the map as he considered Ōnoki’s strategy of keeping his forces dispersed.
• Hiko asked how much supplies Konoha had consumed, and the Third Elder reported that supplies were running low despite Iwagakure and Sunagakure facing even greater shortages.

Hiko decided to cut off Iwagakure’s supply route to end the war in the Land of Rain without sacrificing more Konoha shinobi. Despite the Third Elder’s objections, Hiko prepared to leave for the Land of Earth with Uchiha Hayashi, leaving the camp in the Third Elder’s hands.

• Hiko asked how long Iwagakure could last without supplies, and the Third Elder estimated that it would retreat within a month.
• Hiko ordered Iwagakure’s supply route cut off, explaining that he wanted to end the war without a costly decisive battle.
• The Third Elder warned that Konoha lacked the manpower for the operation and objected to Hiko’s plan to act personally.
• Hiko dismissed the objection and announced that he would go to the Land of Earth to make Ōnoki suffer.
• Hiko said he would take only Uchiha Hayashi and ordered the Third Elder to keep the camp safe.

Hiko and Uchiha Hayashi infiltrated the Land of Earth to sabotage Iwagakure’s supply route. They chose a narrow mountain pass for an ambush and waited for a transport team to arrive, while Ōnoki remained unaware of the threat.

• Hiko overruled the Third Elder and left him guarding the camp while he took Uchiha Hayashi into the Land of Earth.
• Hiko and Uchiha Hayashi bypassed Iwagakure’s outposts and followed its unchanged supply route deeper into the country.
• Hiko chose a narrow mountain pass as an ambush site and ordered Uchiha Hayashi to block the road with boulders on his signal.
• Hiko planned to flood the pass and ruin the transported supplies, leaving the transporters alive to spread word of his attack.
• Hiko and Uchiha Hayashi waited for Iwagakure’s transport team while Ōnoki remained unaware that Hiko had infiltrated his rear.