Chapter Summaries

Minato Namikaze entered the grand hall to reach Queen Sara while Choza Akimichi fought Gozuki outside. Minato killed several CIPHER POL-No.8 attackers, but the two purple-haired women protected Sara and forced him into a close-range confrontation.

• Choza Akimichi attacked Gozuki with Partial Expansion Jutsu and urged Minato Namikaze to continue his mission.
• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to enter the grand hall, where Queen Sara recognized him as the Konoha hero from her dreams.
• Two CIPHER POL-No.8 agents attacked Minato Namikaze, but he evaded them and threw Flying Thunder God kunai at the others.
• Minato Namikaze used Wind Release Chakra on his kunai to kill three black-clad men and quickly eliminated six attackers in total.
• The short-haired purple-haired woman fired bullets that curved and ricocheted after Minato Namikaze, who teleported behind Sara and the two women.
• The bespectacled woman pulled Sara away and stabbed at Minato Namikaze with oversized scissors as he formed a Rasengan.

Hiashi Hyuga and Inuzuka Gaku discovered a vast underground complex beneath Loulan and spotted a giant man emerging from a glowing door. Meanwhile, Choza Akimichi struggled to hold off Gozuki in the plaza as armed forces closed in, leaving Choza hoping Minato Namikaze would return soon.

• Hiashi Hyuga used Byakugan to survey the heavily guarded base and found a huge underground facility with an altar and a glowing door.
• A towering long-haired man emerged from the door and seemed to look directly at Hiashi Hyuga, prompting Hiashi to urge Inuzuka Gaku to leave with their intelligence.
• Choza Akimichi drew Gozuki away from the central tower and repeatedly attacked him with Human Boulder, but Gozuki evaded and countered with his blade.
• Choza Akimichi realized Gozuki's blade left wounds that healed slowly despite Yang Release Chakra, while soldiers and black-clad men closed in around them.

Choza Akimichi and the returning Konoha shinobi fought the Army and CP8 in the city, while Gozuki escaped and Hiashi Hyuga was confronted by a teasing enemy. The battle left Choza rampaging through the streets and Hiashi facing capture.

• Army soldiers attacked Choza Akimichi, but one cut apart his thrown stone slab with Wind Breathing.
• Gozuki escaped upward as Kyojuro Rengoku blocked Choza's strike with Flame Breathing, and Choza expanded into a giant to fight the Army.
• Choza rampaged through soldiers and buildings, then blew Kyojuro away when he attacked with Flame Tiger.
• Inuzuka Gaku and Chamaru charged through Army soldiers and CP8, while Hiashi Hyuga deflected their attacks with Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven.
• A teasing voice appeared beside Hiashi and declared that he had made enough of a fuss, then told him to come along.

Aramaki defeated Hiashi Hyuga and Inuzuka Gaku with his Woods-Woods Fruit powers, leaving Choza Akimichi and the CP8 fighters under attack. As Aramaki unleashed his Forbidden Hatred Woods, Choza disappeared, and a yellow flash whisked away the falling Inuzuka Gaku and Chamaru.

• Hiashi Hyuga used Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven against Aramaki, but Aramaki crushed it between giant wooden palms and knocked him unconscious.
• Inuzuka Gaku and Chamaru transformed into a two-headed wolf and attacked Aramaki with Fang Wolf Fang.
• Aramaki struck the spinning wolf with his enlarged, Armament Haki-coated wooden fist, sending Inuzuka Gaku and Chamaru flying until Choza Akimichi caught them.
• Aramaki ordered the Army soldiers and CP8 members to stand aside, but the CP8 fighters ignored him and continued attacking.
• Aramaki unleashed Forbidden Hatred Woods, but Choza vanished, and a yellow flash carried away the falling Inuzuka Gaku and Chamaru.

Minato Namikaze tried to rescue the unconscious Hiashi Hyuga from Aramaki, who used his Haki and Wood Release to block him. The chapter ended as Minato charged Aramaki with a Rasengan and Aramaki prepared to strike back.

• Aramaki used an Armament Haki shockwave to stop Minato from reaching Hiashi, but Minato escaped with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Minato saw that Gozuki had died and that Sheele and Chikushi were injured and had lost their weapons.
• Minato threw eight marked kunai and used Wind Release to clear a path through Aramaki's wooden jungle.
• Aramaki's branches formed giant fists and attacked Minato, who evaded them with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Minato appeared in front of Aramaki with a Rasengan, and Aramaki prepared to counterattack and blast off his arm.

Aramaki overwhelmed Minato Namikaze with his enhanced strength and Wood Release, repeatedly stopping him from rescuing Hiashi Hyuga. Minato mistook Aramaki for Hashirama Senju, and Aramaki pretended the guess was correct to gain access to Konoha.

• Aramaki shattered Minato's Rasengan with a powerful punch, only for Minato's body to vanish as a Shadow Clone.
• Aramaki used a wooden third arm and predicted Minato's attempts to reach Hiashi, forcing Minato to retreat and change tactics.
• Minato concluded that Aramaki could foresee his movements and suspected he was the resurrected First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.
• Minato asked Aramaki if he was Hashirama Senju, and Aramaki confirmed it while pretending not to know Konoha.

Aramaki pretended to be Hashirama Senju as Minato Namikaze escorted him and the others toward Konoha. Minato remained suspicious and secretly prepared to alert the village, while Aramaki agreed to meet its leaders, intending to kill them all.

• Imu learned that Aramaki had been mistaken for Hashirama Senju and decided to let him handle the situation himself.
• Aramaki healed Hiashi Hyuga with Wood Release, strengthening Minato Namikaze’s trust even as Minato grew suspicious of his appearance.
• Minato reunited with Choza Akimichi and Inuzuka E, introduced Aramaki as the First Hokage, and watched Inuzuka E accept the claim after Aramaki treated his injuries.
• Aramaki agreed to travel to Konoha, and Minato said he would notify the Third Hokage before summoning a small toad by a stream.
• Aramaki welcomed the chance to meet Konoha’s leaders, privately intending to kill them all once they were gathered.

As the group camped in the Land of Rivers, Aramaki pretended to be Hashirama Senju and prepared to deceive Konoha. He told Minato Namikaze that the soldiers in Roran City belonged to a future Sea Ninja Village, while Sara recognized his explanation as a mix of truth and lies.

• The group rested around a campfire, while Sara agonized over whether to expose Aramaki's false identity and Hiashi Hyuga brooded over Aramaki defeating his Revolving Heaven.
• Minato Namikaze returned from the river and said he had sent a message about Aramaki to Hiruzen Sarutobi in Konoha.
• Minato asked why Aramaki wore the same kind of greatcoat as the troops in Roran City.
• Aramaki claimed the troops were from a future Sea Ninja Village fighting the Ōtsutsuki, and said the Dragon Vein had summoned him from the past.
• Minato and the others accepted the explanation, while Sara recognized that Aramaki had blended truth and falsehood.

A led the Cloud Village forces through several small countries and entered the Land of Rain, where he asked Hanzō to help rescue the Third Raikage from Crocodile. Hanzō agreed to consider supporting the campaign only if the Cloud Village handed over its unsealed Two-Tails.

• Onoki led ten thousand Iwagakure ninja into the Country of Birds while A brought five thousand Cloud Village ninja through the small countries to the Land of Rain.
• The Grass-Hidden Village offered a badly abused Uzumaki Clan woman as a demonstration of her healing ability, and A took her into Cloud Village care despite the Grass-Hidden ninja's objections.
• A revealed Crocodile's capture of the Third Raikage to Hanzō and asked the Hidden Rain Village leader to join the campaign against the Land of Wind.
• Hanzō said he wanted the Cloud Village's Two-Tails in exchange for his and the Hidden Rain Village's support in rescuing the Third Raikage.

Imu reviewed reports on the World Government’s development across Sea Star and other conquered worlds, then approved a meeting with senior officials and enforcers who wanted to meet their leader. The chapter left the meeting approved, though Imu planned to delay revealing himself publicly.

• Imu left Aramaki’s challenge against Konoha to his own abilities and considered how the upcoming tournament and Paramount War could determine the Army Headquarters admirals.
• Imu reviewed reports on Sea Star’s development, including new Red Line settlements, the Kabaneri railway system, and territories assigned to military nobles.
• Imu read a request from Kong, Sengoku, Raymond, Zephyr, Tsuru, Garp, Akainu, and Kaido to meet him.
• Imu approved the meeting but decided that a public revelation of his identity would have to wait.

Sengoku, Garp, and other military leaders and powerful figures arrived at Pangaea Castle to meet Imu, where they were overwhelmed by his Haki and forced to kneel. Imu subdued the defiant group, extracted Charlotte Linlin’s heart and knocked her unconscious, then invited the others to ask what they wished to know.

• Sengoku, Garp, and Kuzan arrived at Red Port, where they met Edward Newgate and Charlotte Linlin before traveling together toward Mary Geoise.
• Kong, Tsuru, Zephyr, Raymond, Sakazuki, Bullet, Shiki, and Kaido joined the group as they approached Pangaea Castle, guarded by Giant God Soldiers.
• The thirteen visitors entered the Empty Throne Hall and saw the Five Elders kneeling before Imu.
• Imu’s pressure forced the thirteen visitors to their knees, and his Haki overwhelmed Newgate, Shiki, Kaido, and Linlin when they resisted.
• Imu pulled a heart from Linlin and rendered her unconscious, then crushed Kaido under concentrated pressure when he demanded to know what Imu had done.
• Imu told the assembled visitors they could ask what they wished to know.

Imu questioned the kneeling powerhouses and revealed his plan to abolish Sea Star’s national governments and centralize authority under the World Government. The group learned that mastering Colorless Haki could bring them only to the level Imu had five years earlier, and Newgate disclosed that Imu had defeated him four years ago.

• Imu’s Haki forced Sengoku, Garp, Newgate, Shiki, and the others to kneel, establishing the gap in their strength.
• Sengoku questioned Imu, who revealed plans to abolish all national regimes and announce the change at the next Reverie.
• Sengoku voiced support for centralized rule, while Newgate asked whether his Whitebeard Kingdom could remain his territory under a different name.
• Garp asked whether mastering Three Colors Unified, Colorless Haki could bring them to Imu’s level, and Imu said they could reach only the strength he had five years earlier.
• Newgate revealed that Imu had defeated him four years earlier by cutting Murakumogiri in two with one slash.

After the military high command met Imu, Garp learned that Dragon had a wife and child, while Tsuru and Kaido remained in the Empty Throne Hall with the Five Elders. Imu sent the childlike Charlotte Linlin away and revealed that Carmel, the former Soul-Soul Fruit user, had taken Linlin’s body, leaving Kaido reeling over who he had known in the Rocks Pirates.

• Garp promised Imu he would suppress any rebellious royal family in the East Blue, and Imu told him to visit Dragon’s wife and child.
• After the other commanders left, Kaido found that Linlin behaved like an innocent child and addressed him as her little brother.
• Imu opened a doorway to a green space and sent Linlin inside with Jaguar D. Saul to eat with chefs from other worlds.
• Imu produced a heart from Linlin’s body, and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter explained that Carmel had taken Linlin’s body when Linlin was six.
• Ju Peter told Kaido that the Linlin he had known among the Rocks Pirates was Carmel, prompting Kaido to reject the revelation as Tsuru wondered why she had been kept behind.

Imu killed Carmel, sent Charlotte Linlin to live with Tsuru, and considered how to handle the newly born Monkey D. Luffy. In the Hidden Rain Village, Hanzō struggled to find a Two-Tails jinchūriki, and Yahiko decided to volunteer.

• Imu burned Carmel’s soul to ashes, then ordered Tsuru to take Charlotte Linlin in and teach her about management.
• Imu sent Tsuru and Kaido out of the Empty Throne Hall and later wondered where Monkey D. Luffy’s Nika Fruit was, resolving not to let Garp raise him.
• A gave Hanzō Matatabi, the Two-Tails, but several attempts to find a suitable jinchūriki failed.
• Hanzō publicly recruited volunteers to become the Two-Tails’ jinchūriki, offering rewards and warning them of the risks.
• Yahiko told Konan and Nagato that he wanted to become the Two-Tails’ jinchūriki to help protect the Hidden Rain Village.

Shikaku Nara prepared a hundred elite Konoha ninja to capture the powerful man impersonating the First Hokage, while Hiruzen Sarutobi received a cryptic message from Jiraiya. The chapter ended with Orochimaru examining unfamiliar weapons in Konoha’s intelligence division.

• Shikaku Nara assembled Konoha’s elite forces and arranged for them to pose as an escort while preparing to capture the suspected enemy.
• Shikaku Nara resolved to stop the man regardless of whether he was connected to the Senju Clan or truly the First Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the border from his office as Jiraiya returned and reported that the Great Toad Sage had seen something good.
• Orochimaru examined a large pair of scissors and a strangely shaped pistol but could not understand either weapon.

Aramaki traveled with Minato Namikaze and the Konoha team toward the village while pretending to be Hashirama Senju. Shikaku Nara’s group trapped him with a coordinated technique, and Inoichi Yamanaka began a mind attack.

• Aramaki privately compared his Woods-Woods Fruit to Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release and remained confident that he could enter Konoha safely.
• Hiashi Hyuga spotted a Konoha welcoming party ahead, and Sara chose not to reveal the World Government’s role in rescuing Loulan.
• Shikaku Nara greeted the group, arranged for Sara to travel in a palanquin, and ordered the Konoha ninja to form a formation.
• The Nara Clan members combined their Shadow Imitation Techniques with an improved binding array and immobilized Aramaki.
• Hiashi Hyuga warned the others that Aramaki was an impostor, and Inoichi Yamanaka used the Mind Body Switch Technique on him.

Shikaku Nara’s forces failed to control Aramaki with mental techniques and unleashed a combined fire attack, but Aramaki survived inside a strange protective dome. As the battlefield fell quiet, he began violently accelerating the growth of the ground and trees.

• Inoichi Yamanaka’s Mind Body Switch Technique struck an impenetrable defense in Aramaki’s mind, injuring him and prompting Aramaki to mock the Konoha shinobi.
• Shikaku Nara ordered Plan B, and Nara, Sarutobi, Uchiha, and Shimura clansmen trapped Aramaki and engulfed him in a combined Wind and Fire Release attack.
• Shikaku Nara’s group sensed that Aramaki had moved, and Hiashi Hyuga used his Byakugan to spot a protective layer around him and detect no Chakra in his body.
• The flames dispersed to reveal a smooth black dome around Aramaki, which did not appear to be made of wood.
• Aramaki roared that it was his turn as the ground and trees began shaking and growing rapidly, and Minato Namikaze warned everyone to be careful.

Aramaki overwhelmed Konoha’s elite shinobi with his Wood Release, leaving many injured or dying as Minato Namikaze tried to protect them and gather intelligence. Minato attacked Aramaki with a Sage Art Rasengan, but Aramaki trapped and pierced both his feet, leaving him bleeding in Kushina’s home.

• Konoha’s shinobi fought Aramaki’s growing forest, but Shikaku Nara’s Shadow Summoning Jutsu could not keep pace and branches drained the life from those they pierced.
• Rō Inuzuka, Hiashi Hyuga, and Yashiro Uchiha attacked Aramaki, but he incapacitated them and caused Yashiro to be pierced by a branch.
• Choza Akimichi used Super Expansion Jutsu to punch Aramaki, but Aramaki caught the blow with a giant wooden hand and struck Choza down.
• Minato Namikaze sent Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka back to Konoha to report to the Third Hokage, then stayed behind to hold Aramaki back.
• Aramaki carried the defeated shinobi toward Konoha on a wooden bull, and Minato struck him with Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasengan before evading his counterattack.
• Aramaki anticipated Minato’s Flying Thunder God destination and pierced both his feet with wooden spikes; Minato escaped to Kushina’s home, where she rushed to help him.

Shikaku Nara reported the catastrophic defeat of Konoha’s forces by Aramaki, prompting the village leaders to prepare its defenses. Minato Namikaze arrived injured and revealed that he could not summon toads from Mount Myōboku; Jiraiya and Orochimaru confirmed that their summons had also failed.

• Shikaku Nara reported that Aramaki had overwhelmed Konoha’s elite ninja, including Minato Namikaze, Choza Akimichi, Hiashi Hyuga, and Inuzuka Gaku.
• Orochimaru summarized Aramaki’s resistance to genjutsu and restraint techniques, his lack of Chakra, and his devastating strength and Wood Release.
• Danzo Shimura urged Konoha to gather thousands of ninja, while Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Jiraiya to organize the village’s defenses.
• Minato Namikaze arrived in a wheelchair with Kushina and told Jiraiya that his Summoning Technique had failed during his battle with Aramaki.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru each attempted to summon their allies, but neither toads from Mount Myōboku nor snakes appeared.

Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo investigated Crocodile and Aramaki from the Pure Land and wondered how to respond to their threat to the Shinobi World. Meanwhile, Imu returned to Noah, reviewed World Government reports, and advanced plans for development and warfare across several worlds.

• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo watched Crocodile and Aramaki through a crystal ball and wondered who they were and why Crocodile claimed they had fought before.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo concluded that the mysteries might be unraveled in Loulan and considered stopping Crocodile and Aramaki before they overwhelmed the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo saw Minato Namikaze's failed summoning in the memories of deceased Konoha shinobi and considered visiting Mount Myōboku.
• Imu returned to Noah with the Giant God Soldier and reviewed accumulated World Government reports, including plans for the Red Line tunnel and Sea Train projects.
• Imu reviewed resource reports from the Kabane World and directed that its factories be moved to South America in the Giant World.
• Imu planned to use North America in the Giant World as a monster-filled training ground and South America as a center for processing monster resources.