Chapter Summaries

Konoha’s force entered the war-torn Land of Rain and reached the border of the Land of Wind, where Tsunade prepared to face Sunagakure’s defenses. After learning that Chiyo led the enemy forces and that the Third Kazekage and the Jinchuriki remained unaccounted for, the commanders began planning their attack.

• Sakumo lamented that Kawafune had grown far stronger than him, while Might Duy asked why he was sighing.
• Tsunade led Konoha’s main force into the undefended Land of Rain, where they witnessed civil war and suffering among the civilians.
• Minato asked whether the Land of Rain could be saved, and Kawafune told him he had already made plans.
• At the Land of Rain–Land of Wind border, Tsunade requested intelligence on Sunagakure, and Kawafune and Sakumo warned that a direct advance would be difficult.
• A Konoha intelligence ninja reported that Chiyo commanded Sunagakure’s border defenses, while the Third Kazekage and the Jinchuriki had not moved and an infiltrator had gone silent.
• Tsunade and her advisers discussed the risks of engaging Sunagakure, including the likelihood that Shukaku would appear if Tsunade used a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Chiyo prepared Sunagakure for a night raid against Konoha, while Tsunade ordered Sakumo to lead a probe against the central frontline camp. As the operation approached, Tsunade studied Sunagakure’s poisons and Kawafune tried to reassure her about the burdens of command.

• Chiyo warned Sunagakure’s forces about Konoha’s strength and ordered a night raid to stop them from entering the Land of Wind.
• Chiyo told Ebizo that Sunagakure needed to establish momentum against Konoha, then praised her grandson Sasori’s talent.
• Tsunade assigned Yūhi Shinku and elite Jonin to protect supplies, while Sakumo said Might Duy’s team was clearing the supply route.
• Tsunade ordered Sakumo to lead a night raid on Sunagakure’s central frontline camp to test its strength and search for weaknesses.
• Tsunade confided in Kawafune about the pressure of command, then went to study the poisons taken from Sunagakure ninja.

Chiyo led a sudden Sand Ninja attack on the Konoha camp, where Kawafune fought her and destroyed much of her puppet arsenal. The assault failed, and Chiyo prepared to retreat as the battle turned against Sunagakure.

• Sakumo left the camp with elite ninja to create a diversion, while Kawafune stayed with Tsunade.
• An explosion announced the Sand Ninja attack, and Tsunade led Konoha’s ninja to defend the camp gates.
• Kawafune fought Chiyo’s puppets and used Flying Thunder God to attack her from behind.
• Kawafune’s Sage Art, Sixfold Strike destroyed several of Chiyo’s puppets, but Chiyo escaped using a substitute.
• A Sunagakure Jonin urged Chiyo to retreat after she saw that the battle was lost.

Kawafune defeated Sunagakure’s night assault, while Chiyo and the surviving Sand Ninja retreated. Meanwhile, Sakumo’s raid burned supplies but turned into a battle, and he tried to lead his team out as Sand Ninja puppeteers closed in.

• Chiyo ordered a retreat, and a Sand Ninja sacrificed himself by using Shukaku's Shield to stop Kawafune and save her.
• Tsunade organized the aftermath, and Yamanaka Hayato recognized the dead Suna Arashi as a powerful Sand Release user.
• Sakumo led a small team into the Sand Ninja defenses, captured a Chunin to locate supplies, and ordered the supplies burned.
• Sakumo turned back to rescue two Konoha ninja, then rejoined the fight and ordered his team to retreat while battling.
• A young Sand Ninja couple sent their puppets after the retreating Konoha ninja.

Sakumo used the Gate of Pain and Flying Thunder God to help Konoha ninja escape a Sand Ninja pursuit, then killed Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law in battle. He led the survivors back to the Land of Rain, while Chiyo returned with her troops to her defensive line.

• Sakumo opened the Gate of Pain and used Sword Art, Lightning Dragon to clear a path for the Konoha squad, then escaped with Flying Thunder God.
• Sakumo rejoined the squad and left eight uninjured Konoha ninja behind to delay the pursuing Sand Ninja while the wounded continued toward the Land of Rain.
• Sakumo killed Chiyo's son, and his wife unleashed all ten puppets in a furious attack before an explosion destroyed them and left her unable to fight.
• Sakumo killed the grieving woman, defeated the remaining Sand Ninja with the Konoha ninja, and led his team back toward the Land of Rain.
• Sakumo returned to camp as Chiyo brought her troops back to her defensive line.

Sakumo returned to the Konoha camp with wounded after helping burn the Sand Ninja supplies, and Tsunade treated the injured before agreeing to a major offensive. Chiyo returned to the Sand Ninja camp to find her son and daughter-in-law dead, then ordered their bodies taken home for burial without telling Sasori.

• Kawafune greeted Sakumo and told him Chiyo had attacked the camp after he left, while Sakumo reported that the Sand Ninja supplies had been burned.
• Tsunade finished preparing antidotes, treated Sakumo's severely wounded men, and saved their lives.
• Yamanaka Hayato identified Sakumo's description of the slain puppeteer couple as Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law.
• Kawafune proposed a large-scale offensive, and Tsunade agreed after the assembled Konoha leaders supported the plan.
• Chiyo returned to the Sand Ninja camp, learned her son and daughter-in-law were dead, and ordered their bodies taken to the village without informing Sasori.

Chiyo mourned Sasori while the Konoha camp prepared to attack the Sand Ninja after its supplies arrived. Kawafune assigned the battle roles, then joked with Tsunade about having children before Minato and Nawaki interrupted them.

• Chiyo sent for supplies and reinforcements, ordered the Sand Ninja to hold the defensive line, and wept over Sasori after Ebizo left.
• Tsunade learned Konoha's supplies would arrive in two days as the Sand Ninja struggled with shortages and Might Duy cleared threats along the supply route.
• Kawafune assigned Sakumo to the central line, Might Duy to the other flank, and Yūhi Shinku to guard camp while he and Tsunade led the main attack.
• The group teased Kawafune and Tsunade about having children, and Tsunade explained that she had prevented herself from getting pregnant.
• Minato and Nawaki walked in on Kawafune after Tsunade kicked him off the bed, then denied seeing anything when he questioned them.

Tsunade, Sakumo, and Might Duy led Konoha's three-pronged assault on the Sand Ninja defenses, while Kawafune supported Tsunade on the left flank. As Sakumo and Chiyo clashed and Ebizo trapped Might Duy in a sealing barrier, Tsunade and Kawafune disrupted the Sand Ninja formation, and Tsunade moved toward higher ground.

• Tsunade assigned Sakumo to attack the center, Might Duy to lead the right flank, and herself and Kawafune to strike the left as Konoha's forces advanced.
• Sakumo's force met Chiyo's defenses, and Sakumo fought her after she released ten puppets to avenge her child.
• Might Duy opened the Sixth Gate and devastated the Sand Ninja ranks with Morning Peacock, but Ebizo trapped him inside the Nine Puppet Seal.
• Kawafune and Tsunade used the Slug Sage to support Konoha's fighters and charged into the Sand Ninja formation, drawing elite Jonin to surround them.
• Kawafune prepared to hold off the encircling Jonin while Tsunade fought toward open ground to find a high point with a clear view.

Kawafune routed Pakura and the Sand Ninja defending the right flank, then Tsunade used the Seven-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb to destroy much of their defensive line. Konoha pursued the retreating forces toward the central line as Kawafune and Tsunade planned to join Big Brother and rendezvous with Might Duy.

• Tsunade sent a Sand Ninja flying and rushed toward the mountain while Kawafune fought more than a dozen Sand Ninja.
• Pakura attacked Kawafune with Scorch Release, but he killed or wounded the Sand Ninja around her and severely injured her with his Lightning Shadow Sword Dance.
• Kawafune sensed powerful Chakra and led the Konoha forces in retreat as the Seven-Tails prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Tsunade swallowed the Tailed Beast Bomb and spat it toward the Sand Ninja camp, destroying more than half of their defensive line.
• Kawafune and Tsunade led Konoha in pursuit toward the central line, planning to help Big Brother break through and rendezvous with Might Duy.
• Nawaki and Minato, bloodied from battle, followed with the larger force as they discussed Tsunade and Minato’s place in the family.

Sakumo fought Chiyo, opened the fourth gate, and defeated her despite her puppets and poison. He recovered as Kawafune and Tsunade broke through the right flank to support Konoha, leaving the battle’s outcome decided.

• Sakumo struggled to land a killing blow against Chiyo, whose puppets and defensive techniques kept him at bay.
• Sakumo opened the fourth gate and destroyed several of Chiyo’s puppets with powerful kicks and sword attacks.
• Chiyo tried to seal Sakumo and then escaped, but Sakumo used the Flying Thunder God to catch and kill her.
• Sakumo swallowed an antidote and a Military Ration Pill, but Chiyo’s poison left him weakened.
• Kawafune and Tsunade broke through the right flank and arrived to support Sakumo, who called them over for treatment.

After Konoha routed the Sand Ninja army, Kawafune and Tsunade rushed to support Might Duy, who was trapped against nine elite Sand Ninja. Kawafune killed Ebizo just in time to save Might Duy, who collapsed from his injuries as Tsunade began examining him.

• Tsunade determined that Sakumo's remaining poison was not life-threatening and promised to develop an antidote after they returned.
• Kawafune and Tsunade hurried to the left defensive line, where Might Duy was fighting nine elite Sand Ninja inside Ebizo's barrier.
• The Sand Ninja trapped Might Duy in a Genjutsu and moved in to kill him, but he opened the Seventh Gate and struck them with Daytime Tiger.
• Might Duy's attack killed three Sand Ninja, left the others fallen, and broke Ebizo's barrier, but it also left Might Duy unable to move.
• Ebizo ordered his puppet to stab Might Duy, but Kawafune killed Ebizo with Sword Art: Lightning God Speed before the blade could reach Might Duy's heart.
• Might Duy collapsed, and Kawafune called for Tsunade to examine him.

Tsunade treated Might Duy after his battle with Ebizo, while Konoha secured a decisive victory and advanced into the Land of Wind. As the wounded recovered and Yūhi Shinku brought supplies to the new Konoha camp, Kawafune delivered Antidote Pills to Sakumo and the still-unconscious Might Duy.

• Tsunade summoned the Slug Sage, treated Might Duy's chest wound, and gave him an Antidote Pill to slow the poison.
• Konoha's reinforcements helped defeat the Sand Ninja, and Tsunade ordered a rendezvous with Yūhi Shinku before leading her forces toward the central front.
• Kawafune carried Might Duy to Sakumo, who confirmed his friend was alive and returned to bed after checking on him.
• Tsunade sent Kawafune to meet Yūhi Shinku, who led his supply convoy toward the central front and discussed the deaths of Chiyo and Ebizo with him.
• Yūhi Shinku arranged care for the wounded and delivered supplies, allowing Tsunade to prepare Antidote Pills for Sakumo and Might Duy.
• Kawafune gave Sakumo his medicine and struggled with Sakumo to get a pill into the unconscious Might Duy.

After Konoha’s victory, Kawafune cared for the wounded and made sure the exhausted Tsunade rested. In Sunagakure, the Third Kazekage prepared for another battle as the village faced a crisis after losing Chiyo and Ebizo.

• Sakumo and Kawafune wrestled and traded insults before Sakumo’s condition improved with medicine and rest.
• Kawafune found the two little ones helping Tsunade treat wounded soldiers, then later carried the exhausted Tsunade to bed so she could rest.
• The Third Kazekage received news of Sunagakure’s crushing defeat, Konoha’s advance into the Land of Wind, and the deaths of Chiyo and Ebizo.
• The Third Kazekage ordered Rin to demand supplies from the Daimyo, sent Huo to summon Bunbuku, and directed his guards to find Pakura.
• After meeting the injured Pakura, the Third Kazekage assigned his Shadow Guard to her command for the next battle.

Sunagakure prepared for another battle as the Third Kazekage committed Bunbuku and his disciple Rasa to the fight. In the Land of Wind, Tsunade and Kawafune planned to press Konoha’s advantage, leaving the story with the two discussing whether Tsunade’s Seven-Tails could face Shukaku.

• The Third Kazekage learned that the Daimyo’s supplies would take another week to arrive and ordered Sunagakure to set out then.
• Bunbuku pledged to do his utmost, and Rasa asked to join the battlefield; the Third Kazekage agreed to take his disciple.
• Tsunade led Konoha’s meeting, where Hayato reported that the Third Kazekage was preparing to fight and might bring the Jinchuriki.
• Kawafune set Konoha’s advance for the next day, while Duy stayed in camp to recover and Yūhi Shinku was assigned to oversee it.
• Kawafune asked Tsunade about the Seven-Tails’ control and willingness to fight Shukaku, and Tsunade relayed the tailed beast’s doubts about its combat strength.

Tsunade led Konoha’s forces into the Land of Wind while the Third Kazekage mobilized Sunagakure to stop their advance. The armies camped within striking distance, and the Third Kazekage prepared to attack Konoha’s supply line while leaving Bunbuku in charge of the front.

• Tsunade told Kawafune she had obtained Might Duy’s Eight Gates training method, and Kawafune warned her not to open all eight gates.
• The Third Kazekage learned Konoha’s army had set out, then led Sunagakure’s forces from the village alongside Bunbuku, Pakura, and Rasa.
• Tsunade led Konoha’s forces through the desert, and Kawafune warned the group to watch for giant scorpions at night.
• The Seven-Tails sensed Shukaku, so Kawafune ordered Konoha’s forces to stop and make camp as the Third Kazekage learned their army was nearby.
• The Third Kazekage planned to cut off Konoha’s supplies and ordered his intelligence chief to map their supply route.
• The Third Kazekage left Bunbuku responsible for the camp, while Shukaku boasted that he could defeat the Seven-Tails.

Kawafune suspected the Sand Ninja were targeting Konoha’s supply route and left to protect it, while Tsunade prepared to meet their attack. The Third Kazekage moved to intercept the supplies as Pakura led the Sand Ninja against Konoha, where Bunbuku and Tsunade unleashed Tailed Beast Bombs before both armies charged.

• Sakumo reported that the Sand Ninja camp was too well defended for a surprise raid, and Kawafune deduced that they were targeting Konoha’s vulnerable supply route.
• Hayato revealed that captured Sand Ninja had seals in their brains that killed them when he used his secret technique to question them.
• Kawafune led a group including Minato and Nawaki along the supply route to protect it, while Tsunade and Sakumo stayed at camp.
• The Third Kazekage received the completed supply-route map and set out with Rasa to intercept Konoha’s supplies as Pakura led an attack on the camp.
• Tsunade led Konoha’s ninja to meet the Sand Ninja, and Bunbuku transformed into Shukaku as Tsunade entered a partial Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Shukaku and Tsunade fired Tailed Beast Bombs that collided between the armies, and both sides charged after clearing the blast’s dust.

Tsunade fought Shukaku with Chōmei’s support, using her speed and strength to exploit his weakness and badly injure him. Shukaku retreated into a regenerating sand shell, leaving the battle at a stalemate as Bunbuku struggled to endure the fight.

• Tsunade charged Shukaku in her Tailed Beast Cloak, broke through his arm, and dodged his attacks while Pakura’s Shadow Guards fought Sakumo elsewhere.
• Tsunade asked Chōmei for Shukaku’s weakness, learned it was at the base of his tail, and used clones and scale powder to distract and restrain Shukaku.
• Tsunade struck Shukaku at the base of his tail with her Death Kick, severely wounding him.
• Shukaku formed a Sand Shield around himself, and Tsunade could not break through its rapidly healing surface.
• Bunbuku returned to human form, while he and Shukaku argued as the battle stalled.

Konoha and the Sand Ninja fought to a costly stalemate while Kawafune escorted a supply convoy and the Third Kazekage remained away on an ambush mission. Both camps waited anxiously for news, with Tsunade and Sakumo expecting Kawafune’s return to shift the balance.

• Sakumo and Pakura’s four Shadow Guards fought to a stalemate, and the Konoha and Sand Ninja forces withdrew at nightfall after heavy casualties.
• Tsunade and Sakumo learned that the Third Kazekage had likely targeted Konoha’s supply route, while Kawafune’s absence left Pakura concerned that he had discovered the plan.
• Kawafune joined the supply unit with Minato and Nawaki, then led the convoy toward the encampment as the Third Kazekage waited at an ambush point.
• The armies fought on for several days before agreeing to a truce while both sides awaited news from their scouts and the missing Kazekage.
• Pakura ordered the Sand Ninja to continue their offensive if the Third Kazekage did not return, while Tsunade and Sakumo hoped Kawafune and the recovering Might Duy would strengthen Konoha.

Kawafune’s supply convoy was ambushed by the Third Kazekage and Rasa, while Minato and Nawaki fought Rasa together. The chapter ended with Kawafune confronting the Third Kazekage as the Kazekage launched an iron-sand pyramid at him.

• A Hyūga clansman spotted hidden Chakra in the sand, and the Third Kazekage attacked the convoy with Iron Sand Shower, killing and injuring Konoha ninja.
• Kawafune charged the Third Kazekage, but Magnet Release disrupted his sword and forced him to retreat.
• Rasa used Gold Dust to disarm Minato and Nawaki, who countered with Water Release and taijutsu but discovered they had struck a Sand Clone.
• Minato and Nawaki agreed to hold Rasa back and continued fighting him as his Chakra dwindled.
• The Third Kazekage recognized the two kids’ connection to Kawafune and launched an Iron Sand Pyramid at him after Kawafune threatened the Sand Ninja.

Kawafune overwhelmed the Third Kazekage in battle, forcing the Sand Ninja to retreat from their ambush. The Third Kazekage left badly injured, and Sunagakure's prospects against Konoha grew grim.

• Kawafune shattered the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand Pyramid with a Sage Art: Thunderclap Fist, then dodged the Kazekage's spinning attack and struck him with another punch.
• The Third Kazekage trapped Kawafune in an Iron Sand barrier and attacked with iron sand feathers, but Kawafune destroyed the barrier with Sage Art: Gate of the Great God.
• As his Sage Mode ran low, Kawafune let the Third Kazekage retreat behind a sweeping Iron Sand Funeral and rescued Konoha ninja caught in its path.
• Rasa withdrew after exchanging taunts with Nawaki and Minato, who had fought him without gaining much of an advantage.
• After the retreat, the Third Kazekage staggered and vomited blood; he warned Rasa that Hatake Kawafune must not be underestimated.