Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Ronglin subdued the Nine-Tails and forced it to choose whether to follow him, while the Anbu confirmed that Konoha had avoided chaos despite heavy damage. Ronglin gave the Nine-Tails three minutes to decide and learned that the village was counting its injured and casualties.

• Uchiha Ronglin repeatedly overpowered the Nine-Tails and demanded that it choose whether to follow him.
• The Nine-Tails resisted, but Ronglin warned that he could control its body and seal it if it refused.
• The Anbu arrived and watched Ronglin restrain the Nine-Tails in disbelief.
• Ronglin asked the Anbu about the village, and they reported that the Third Hokage and Uchiha had maintained order despite collapsed houses and many injuries.
• Ronglin gave the Nine-Tails three minutes to decide whether to follow him.

Ronglin subdued the Nine-Tails and demanded that it choose whether to follow him. The Nine-Tails accepted, while Ronglin prepared to return to Konoha and blame Obito for the attack.

• Ronglin told the Anbu to report to the Third Hokage that he had subdued the Nine-Tails and would return to explain the incident.
• Ronglin decided to place the blame for the attack on Obito so he could keep the Nine-Tails without facing heavy opposition.
• Ronglin gave the Nine-Tails one final chance to choose before forcibly signing a contract with it.
• The Nine-Tails accepted Ronglin's control, fearing his strength and Rinnegan, and let out a heavy breath once he released its body.

Ronglin subdued the Nine-Tails, bound it to him with a contract, and ordered it to live peacefully in Konoha. The chapter ended with the villagers and village leaders doubting the announcement that the Nine-Tails would remain unsealed among them.

• Ronglin told the Nine-Tails to stop attacking people or damaging the village, then signed a contract with it.
• Ronglin ordered the Nine-Tails to stay quiet as punishment and sent Kisame Hoshigaki to notify the Third Hokage before they returned to Konoha.
• The Nine-Tails asked about Ronglin's connection to Madara, and Ronglin said they had met only once and that Madara would not trouble it again.
• The Third Hokage announced that the Nine-Tails had been subdued and would live in Konoha without being sealed away.
• The villagers, Tsunade, the Third Hokage, and other leaders struggled to believe that the Nine-Tails could safely remain in the village.

Ronglin brought the subdued Nine-Tails into Konoha and promised it would not harm the village, leaving the beast resting in the village square while the people kept their distance.

• The people of Konoha gathered at the village entrance as Ronglin arrived riding the obedient Nine-Tails.
• Ronglin told the villagers that he and the Nine-Tails had reached an agreement and pledged that it would protect Konoha rather than attack it.
• White Fang called Ronglin's actions crazy, while Tsunade trusted him but worried that Kushina would not live much longer after losing the tailed beast.
• The Third Hokage wondered whether humans had driven the tailed beasts to hate them through attempts to control their power.
• The Nine-Tails entered Konoha and rested in the village square, while everyone except Ronglin kept their distance.

Ronglin organized aid and compensation after the Nine-Tails attack and ordered an investigation into Black Robe while insisting that the beast remain in Konoha. The meeting continued as an official warned him that the Nine-Tails could rampage again.

• Ronglin reviewed a report listing 130 dead and 313 injured, then ordered burials, medical care, compensation, and support for the victims’ families.
• Ronglin told Tsunade to help at the Medical Department, and she left to treat the injured.
• Ronglin ordered White Fang to investigate Black Robe’s motives and control of the Nine-Tails, directing the search toward the Uchiha.
• Ronglin invited the remaining officials to speak, and one warned that keeping the Nine-Tails in Konoha was dangerous.

Ronglin refused to discuss concerns about the Nine-Tails and warned Konoha’s leaders that the village was entering a Level-One State of Readiness. He expected Kumogakure to act on news of the incident and planned to spread reports of heavy casualties, while a Shimura clan leader questioned provoking a war.

• Nara Shikaku stood up to warn that the Nine-Tails could go berserk and endanger Ronglin’s reputation and the people around it.
• Ronglin asked everyone to trust him and said he would no longer discuss the Nine-Tails’ situation.
• The Third Hokage warned Ronglin that others might exploit the day’s events to set a trap for Konoha.
• Ronglin announced that Konoha would enter a Level-One State of Readiness and said Kumogakure would act once it heard what had happened.
• Ronglin said he would spread reports that the incident had caused heavy casualties, prompting the new Shimura clan head to ask why they should push toward war.

At a Konoha meeting, Uchiha Ronglin rebuked the Shimura clan head for questioning him about the war with Kumogakure and challenged the room to raise any further objections. The others stayed silent, while the Third Hokage watched from the sidelines and hoped Ronglin would not take things too far.

• Uchiha Ronglin asked whether the war with Kumogakure was inevitable or whether he had started it, then mocked the Shimura clan head for suggesting negotiations.
• The Shimura clan head tried to respond, but Ronglin insulted his intelligence and silenced him.
• Several people in the conference room stifled their laughter, and the Shimura clan head warned them with his eyes.
• The Shimura clan head admitted he had overthought the matter, and Ronglin told him to remember that.
• Ronglin challenged the others to question him, but everyone remained silent as the Third Hokage watched from the sidelines.

After adjourning the meeting, Ronglin planned to spread misleading reports about Kumogakure and promote the idea that tailed beasts could coexist peacefully with villages. He left Konoha in the Third Hokage’s hands and revealed that the Nine-Tails might join the war to improve its reputation.

• Ronglin ended the meeting and told everyone to prepare for the likely war with Kumogakure.
• After the others left, Ronglin criticized the officials for trying to use the Nine-Tails against him.
• Ronglin told the Third Hokage and Nara Shikaku to spread false information about Kumogakure and publicize the possibility of peaceful coexistence with tailed beasts.
• Nara Shikaku agreed to spread the information, while the Third Hokage accepted that Konoha had to prepare for war.
• Ronglin left Konoha in the Third Hokage’s hands and said the Nine-Tails could use the war to improve its reputation, prompting the Third Hokage to ask whether it would join the fighting.

Ronglin persuaded the Third Hokage to let the Nine-Tails enter the war by revealing that Killer B could control the Eight-Tails' power. Konoha then spread a mixture of rumors and truth about the Nine-Tails, leaving Kumogakure to guess what had happened.

• Ronglin told the Third Hokage and Nara Shikaku that Killer B could control the Eight-Tails' power, shocking them.
• The Third Hokage reconsidered and agreed to let the Nine-Tails take part in the war.
• The Third Hokage lamented that he could no longer keep up with Ronglin, while Konoha's higher-ups became spectators to Ronglin's decisions.
• That night, Nara Shikaku sent people out to spread rumors about Konoha's Jinchuriki and the Nine-Tails' attack.
• Kumogakure heard that a mysterious Black Robe had forcibly extracted the Nine-Tails, which Ronglin had subdued.

Kumogakure’s leaders confirmed that the Nine-Tails was peacefully living in Konoha and saw the village’s recent losses as an opportunity to attack. The Fourth Raikage looked to the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo for support after the plan for war passed, leaving Kumogakure poised to move against Konoha.

• The Fourth Raikage’s secretary reported that multiple sources had confirmed the intelligence about the Nine-Tails, though Konoha’s casualty figures still needed investigation.
• Kumogakure’s officials argued that Konoha was weakened by recent battles and the Nine-Tails’ attack, and most supported starting a war.
• The Fourth Raikage remained silent after hearing the officials and turned to the Daimyo, whose backing was necessary for war.
• The account contrasted the Land of Lightning’s harmonious relationship with its Daimyo with the funding and political difficulties faced by other villages, including Konoha.

The Land of Lightning's Daimyo and Kumogakure's leaders decided to exploit Konoha's weakened state and go to war. After Kumogakure mobilized, Konoha's spies reported the decision to White Fang, who brought the news to the Hokage's Office.

• The Land of Lightning's Daimyo insisted that Kumogakure's war against Konoha could end only in victory.
• The Fourth Raikage Ay and the others concluded that Konoha was too weakened to withstand Kumogakure's forces.
• The Fourth Raikage Ay declared war, and the meeting attendees and Land of Lightning's Daimyo joined the call.
• Kumogakure swiftly mobilized after the meeting, and Konoha's spies sent word of the decision.
• White Fang brought the intelligence to the Hokage's Office, where he was asked whether it concerned Kumogakure.

Ronglin learned that Kumogakure had mobilized for war and ordered Konoha’s three-thousand-man force to prepare for the front. He set out to lead them himself, declaring that Konoha would defeat Kumogakure’s army of over ten thousand.

• White Fang reported that Kumogakure had mobilized ninja and supplies for war.
• Ronglin ordered the three-thousand-man force to prepare and told the Third Hokage to oversee Konoha while he went to the front line.
• Konoha’s ninja assembled with their supplies as the Nine-Tails eagerly anticipated going to the battlefield.
• Ronglin told the assembled force that Kumogakure had sent over ten thousand ninja and declared that Konoha would win.

Ronglin led three thousand Konoha ninja, with the Nine-Tails at the front, toward the border to face Kumogakure’s much larger army. After reaching the front lines, he ordered the camp built and told Hyuga Hiashi to return to the village, leaving Hiashi confused.

• Ronglin departed Konoha with Tsunade, Kisame Hoshigaki, Shisui, Mei Terumi, and Itachi, while White Fang and Uchiha Diqin stayed behind.
• The Third Hokage watched the army leave as White Fang regretted being unable to join the battle.
• Ronglin’s force marched for three days and reached the front lines, where they joined the Hyuga Clan members already stationed there.
• Ronglin ordered his men to build a camp and told Hyuga Hiashi to return to the village, surprising him.

Ronglin ordered Hyuga Hiashi and the Hyuga Clan to return to the village, claiming they deserved rest while refusing to let them remain at the front. Hiashi realized Ronglin was using the order to punish and publicly embarrass the clan, and Ronglin left to oversee the camp.

• Hyuga Hiashi was stunned when Ronglin ordered the Hyuga Clan to leave the front and return to the village.
• Ronglin said the clan had worked hard and deserved to rest, but Hiashi suspected he was settling a private grudge.
• Hiashi insisted that the Hyuga Clan wanted to contribute to the village, and Ronglin briefly acted as if he might let them stay.
• Ronglin then said keeping the clan at the front would invite accusations of favoritism and again ordered them to return to the village.
• Ronglin waved off Hiashi and left to direct the camp's construction.

Ronglin and Shisui humiliated Hyuga Hiashi over his earlier opposition to the Hokage, leaving Hiashi furious but unable to retaliate. Shisui walked away after Ronglin ordered them to behave, while the gathered clans continued to mock Hiashi.

• Ronglin’s remarks made Hyuga Hiashi realize that he had been sent away so the villagers would look down on the Hyuga Clan.
• Shisui mocked Hiashi for offending the Hokage and trying to claim credit, then repeatedly told him to leave.
• Hiashi erupted, and Shisui challenged him to compare the Byakugan with the Sharingan as Kisame Hoshigaki and Mei Terumi prepared to intervene.
• Ronglin ordered Hiashi and Shisui to behave, and Shisui left after casting Hiashi a contemptuous look.
• Uchiha members quietly mocked Hiashi for his past obstruction of Ronglin, while the other clans offered him no support.

Uchiha Ronglin explained why he had provoked the Hyuga Clan while carefully avoiding open conflict. He believed continued pressure would turn the clan’s resentment toward Hyuga Hiashi, while leaving them little choice but to remain in Konoha.

• Hyuga Hiashi left without attacking, and Uchiha Ronglin regretted losing the chance to accuse him of a serious crime.
• Ronglin scolded Shisui for not understanding why he had told him to stop, then sent him to help with 400.
• Kisame Hoshigaki asked whether Ronglin feared making the Hyuga Clan resent him, and Ronglin admitted they already did.
• Ronglin told Kisame that the Hyuga Clan’s anger would eventually shift toward Hiashi and that rebellion could lead to the clan’s destruction.
• Ronglin watched the camp take shape and said he had been slowly pressuring the Hyuga Clan without pushing matters too far.

Hyuga Hiashi and the Hyuga elders discussed how to respond to Ronglin’s pressure on their clan. They recognized that the Hyuga could not leave Konoha and needed a way to ease the growing resentment among their clansmen.

• Hyuga Hiashi returned with news of Ronglin’s actions, and the Hyuga clansmen voiced their anger and fear.
• Hyuga Hiashi questioned whether his past judgment had been wrong and allowed the clan’s discussion to continue.
• Hyuga Hiashi told the elders that Ronglin was taking revenge for the Hyuga’s past actions but would not drive the clan to ruin.
• The Hyuga Second Elder warned that resentment was growing and that prolonged pressure could lead to trouble.
• The Hyuga Fifth Elder proposed smoothing things over from another direction, and Hyuga Hiashi asked what plan he had.

The Hyuga elders decided to seek Tsunade’s help after Ronglin ordered their clan away from the front line, fearing that withdrawal would ruin their reputation. Tsunade promised to ask the Hokage to keep them at the front and warned Hyuga Hiashi to consider carefully how the clan dealt with the Fourth Hokage.

• The Hyuga Fifth Elder proposed asking Tsunade to intervene, while the Second Elder worried that Ronglin might target the clan again later.
• Hyuga Hiashi decided the clan would not withdraw from the front and went with the Second and Fifth Elders to find Tsunade.
• Tsunade listened to the Hyuga elders’ account and promised to report their situation to the Hokage, guaranteeing only that they would not be sent back to the village.
• Hyuga Hiashi thanked Tsunade and accepted that the clan might be assigned to logistics or supply transport as long as they stayed at the front.
• Tsunade reminded Hyuga Hiashi that the Fourth Hokage controlled Konoha and that bowing his head could be sensible depending on whom he was facing.

Tsunade persuaded Ronglin to let the Hyuga Clan remain with the army and fight, despite Ronglin's earlier order for them to return to the village. The Hyuga were assigned reconnaissance missions, while Hyuga Hiashi still faced the choice of resisting Ronglin or bowing to him.

• Tsunade warned Hyuga Hiashi that opposing Ronglin could bring disaster on the Hyuga Clan, and Hiashi left saying he would consider her advice.
• Hyuga Hiashi told his clansmen that they would not be sent back to the village, and they celebrated while he remained troubled by the choice before him.
• After the army finished building its camp, Tsunade asked Ronglin to let the Hyuga Clan stay, and he agreed without hesitation.
• Ronglin ordered Shisui to tell Hyuga Hiashi that the Hyuga Clan would take on reconnaissance missions and must make no mistakes.

Ronglin told Tsunade he had postponed taking revenge on the Hyuga Clan because there was no need to rush, then joked shamelessly with Tsunade and Mei Terumi. Tsunade tried to rein him in, but he kept teasing the women as she raised her hands in surrender.

• Ronglin explained that he had changed his mind about dealing with the Hyuga Clan and could wait for another chance to take revenge.
• Tsunade suspected Ronglin had really held back because of her, and Ronglin admitted it while joking about her intelligence.
• Mei Terumi laughed at Ronglin, so he threatened to make her warm his bed, leaving her blushing.
• Tsunade told Ronglin to stop threatening people, and he suggested that she warm his bed instead.
• Ronglin asked which woman would warm his bed that night, and Tsunade finally raised her hands in surrender.